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- From: kevins@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Kevin Stanton)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: starter Solenoid current requirements? Help please.
- Message-ID: <6008@pdxgate.UUCP>
- Date: 20 Aug 92 05:01:57 GMT
- Article-I.D.: pdxgate.6008
- Sender: news@pdxgate.UUCP
- Organization: Portland State University, Portland, OR
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- I'm trying to figure out how much current a starter solenoid draws in
- general. On my 85 Cutlass Ciera, my ammeter shows about 10 amps through
- the 12 gauge wire, but is there a spike before that? I've heard something
- about pull-in and hold windings in the solenoids... Or, do most new cars
- have solenoid relays?
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- Other than broadcasting, I don't know of any way of getting a feel for the
- range of currents I can expect on cars...
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- Any info would be Greatly appreciated.
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- Kevin B. Stanton Internet: kevins@ee.pdx.edu
- Portland State University Dept. of Electrical Engineering
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