Creating a Relay Ladder Logic Circuit for Controlling Multiple Lamps

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This discussion focuses on creating a relay ladder logic circuit to control three lamps (L1, L2, and L3) using a start and stop button. The circuit is designed to activate L1 on the first button press, L1 and L2 on the second, and all three lamps on the third press, with the stop button resetting the circuit. The user has access to six relays but needs clarification on the types of relays available (latched, normally open, normally closed) to implement the solution effectively. A state diagram will be drawn to establish the logical relationships between the state variables and relay inputs.

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I don't even know if this post is in the right place but I'm going to give it a shot anyways. I am supposed to draw a ladder diagram that controls L1, L2, and L3. L1 is supposed to come on the first time the start button is pushed. The second time the start button is pushed, L1 and L2 are supposed to come. L1, L2, and L3 are all supposed to come the third time the start button is pushed. The stop button is supposed to reset the circuit so you could do it all over again. I have 6 relays I can use to make this work. Below is the paper with instructions and materials I have. Does anybody have any help/solutions to this problem? Any thing would be greatly appreciated.
 

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For me it is not obvious what kind of relays do you have. Latched? Normally open? Normally closed?

After figuring it out, I would assign each lamps to a relay, draw a state diagram and determine the logical relationship between state variables (state of relays and buttons) and relay inputs.
 

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