Soft start circuit design and other psu issues

Or this one, with a Schmitt trigger to provide the instant contact in the relay. The LED-diode is only for chassis mount or to show power-on, it's really not needed...
Delay is approx 200ms and the relay is activated dead on in nano-sec!
The 50ohm/50watt load-res is only an example I started with, and so far altered with two inrush current limiters in series connection.
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You'd better measure the DC voltage between relay pins 2 and 5. When D2 is near the bottom end of its tolerance band, relay pin 2 voltage is about 22.8V and relay pin 5 voltage is (Vfwd_D4 + Vbe_Q3 + Vcesat_Q4 + Icoil*R7) which is about 0.60 + 0.62 + 0.15 + 0.52 = 1.89 volts. So the coil of the 24V relay sees 22.8 - 1.89 = 20.9 volts. Ouch.
 
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You'd better measure the DC voltage between relay pins 2 and 5. When D2 is near the bottom end of its tolerance band, relay pin 2 voltage is about 22.8V and relay pin 5 voltage is (Vfwd_D4 + Vbe_Q3 + Vcesat_Q4 + Icoil*R7) which is about 0.60 + 0.62 + 0.15 + 0.52 = 1.89 volts. So the coil of the 24V relay sees 22.8 - 1.89 = 20.9 volts. Ouch.
Wow.. my sim says +10/-6.4v at pin 2/5....
It's a simple mobile version, haven't really got into better simulators yet, sorry
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