Rob,
I orginally had what I thought was a starter relay for my starter.  After it welded itself closed, I investigated.  I turned out to only be a continuous duty relay, eventhough it was being sold as a starter relay.  Make/break current rating was only 85A.  Continuous current on my starter is about 150A.  The highest we measured was 350A at start of cranking.  I forget the rating of my current starter relay, but it is in line with the actual needs of the system.  There is a difference between continuous and intermittent duty relays and they really can't be switched.
Chris


Chris Zavatson
N91CZ
360std.
www.N91CZ.com