Thank you! I definitely learned from that! In the real world, is it likely an electrical contractor would do it this way, or would they likely do something entirely different? I know its hard to say because it depends on the contractor, but is there a simpler way to accomplish the same task?
If I have a contactor that I want to use with two separate control sources, on a site with a single phase power source, is it possible to connect two 120V control signals to the contactor coil, potentially live at the same time and connected to the same source, without causing a short, or...