Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: flyrotary Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 19:55:11 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com ([24.93.67.83] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0.6) with ESMTP id 2046555 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Fri, 07 Mar 2003 17:44:16 -0500 Received: from mail3.nc.rr.com (fe3 [24.93.67.50]) by ms-smtp-02.southeast.rr.com (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id h27MfYbF003165 for ; Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:42:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from nc.rr.com ([24.163.121.245]) by mail3.nc.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.757.75); Fri, 7 Mar 2003 17:41:04 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <3E691FF9.6080000@nc.rr.com> X-Original-Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 17:40:57 -0500 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.1) Gecko/20020826 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Original-To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Starter solenoid References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Finn Lassen wrote: > 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). > Be careful, Finn. A switch rated for AC will take much less DC current. The reason being that electrons don't actually move all that much in AC. They just sorta shuffle back and forth, never actually getting anywhere much. 'Course, you may very well know this, and if your setup works that is all the proof you need. But it took me some time before I discovered why that 30A AC switch was cheap and small, while the 5A DC switch was big and expensive. -- ----Because I can---- http://home.nc.rr.com/deltabuilder ------------------------