Hello LML gang,

With all the discussion regarding contactors/relays for starters, battery masters, and hydraulic pumps, we’ve been planning on using this Blue Sea contactor for the battery master and starter (http://www.bluesea.com/products/9012/L_Solenoid_-_12_24V_DC_250A ).  Now thinking about using it for the hydraulic pump.  It was recommended a few years ago by someone on the LML and looks very capable.  We already have several of them and they look very well made – targeted toward marine applications though on the outside it looks like aerospace quality.  Still planning on diode snubbers.  Fairly heavy though at 1 lb each.

Does anyone see any problems using this same contactor/relay in each of these applications?  Comments, thoughts…?

Thanks,

Valin Thorn

Legacy Project

Boulder, Colorado