Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 22:01:03 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from smtp01.wlv.untd.com ([209.247.163.57] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with SMTP id 2045865 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 06 Mar 2003 21:20:45 -0500 Received: (qmail 21435 invoked from network); 7 Mar 2003 02:20:42 -0000 Received: from dialup-65.58.236.179.dial1.tampa1.level3.net (HELO netzero.net) (65.58.236.179) by smtp01.wlv.untd.com with SMTP; 7 Mar 2003 02:20:42 -0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <3E6801F1.5050708@netzero.net> X-Original-Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2003 21:20:33 -0500 From: Finn Lassen User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (nscd2) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Starter solenoid References: Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------080009030505030400000600" --------------080009030505030400000600 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Had the same thought. However, when measured, my the solenoid on my new starter pulls more than 10 Amps! So I left my 30Amp RadioShack relay in place. Mys starter switch is only rated for 5 amps (at 120 VAC). Finn Al Gietzen wrote: > > > What's the steady-state current draw of the starter solenoid? > > > > Why, in all of Bob Nuckol's wiring diagrams, is there a starter > contactor switching the heavy current to the starter? There is > already a contactor in the solenoid. What am I missing here? > > > > Al Gietzen > --------------080009030505030400000600 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Had the same thought. However, when measured, my the solenoid on my new starter pulls more than 10 Amps!
So I left my 30Amp RadioShack relay in place. Mys starter switch is only rated for 5 amps (at 120 VAC).

Finn

Al Gietzen wrote:

What’s the steady-state current draw of the starter solenoid?

Why, in all of Bob Nuckol’s wiring diagrams, is there a starter contactor switching the heavy current to the starter? There is already a contactor in the solenoid. What am I missing here?

Al Gietzen

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