Support : Support Documents : Hitachi E, Shark X

COMPARISON : Reliance Shark X and Hitachi E-Series

RELIANCE

CHARACTERISTICS
Source Voltage Input Voltage Output
45C903 24VDC (12 pt) 24VDC (8 pt) Relay
45C905 24VDC (16 pt) 24VDC (12 pt) Relay
45C907 24VDC (24 pt) 24VDC (16 pt) Relay
45C904 115VAC (12 pt)115VAC (8 pt) Relay
45C906 115VAC (16pt) 115VAC (12 pt) Relay
45C908 115VAC (24 pt) 115VAC (16 pt) Relay

Note that Hitachi did offer 24VDC Source Voltage -  only as a special order option (which Reliance chose for the 45C903, 45C905, and 45C907).

HITACHI

CHARACTERISTICS
Source Voltage Input Voltage Output
E-20HR(P)* 115VAC (12 pt) 24VDC (8 pt) Relay
E-28HR(P)* 115VAC (16 pt) 24VDC (12 pt) Relay
E-40HR(P)* 115VAC (24 pt) 24VDC (16 pt) Relay
E-64HR(P)* 115VAC (40 pt) 24VDC (24 pt) Relay

As indicated in the tables above, Reliance Electric:

CONCLUSION:  

Footnotes

(*) The letter "P" was added as a suffix to the part number (i.e. E-20HRP) to identify these Positive Logic devices. The difference between these two are more commonly known in the U.S. as "sinking & sourcing 2".

1: Referring to the preference of the time (Circa early 1990's) toward "Sourcing" Field Inputs. Since that time, perhaps due in part to globalization, perhaps due in part to the influx of OEM equipment from the Pacific Rim and from Europe, we have seen an almost complete reversal in this mindset.

2: If a device provides current (to the PLC) when it is ON, it is said to be  sourcing current.  Conversely, if a device receives current when it is ON, it is said to be  sinking current.    There are both sinking and sourcing  field devices, as well as sinking and sourcing input modules.   PLC users in the U.S. have historically preferred "Sourcing" field inputs.  Elsewhere in the world, "Sinking" inputs is preferred.