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Hi All; Would it be possible to install a starter solinoid between battery and original solinoid and hook it up to a rocker switch to use as a switched battery shut off? Or maybe better yet between starter and starter solinoid?
Thanks for you patience here, i`m just exploring some ideas. Gusso
Thanks for you patience here, i`m just exploring some ideas. Gusso
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Yes you can, but you need something better than an ordinary starter solenoid. You would need something that is rated for continous duty. A regular starter relay is only rated for a short time periods of use.
They also make manual switches that mount to the battery that do the same thing. But you have to lift the hood to operate these.
They also make manual switches that mount to the battery that do the same thing. But you have to lift the hood to operate these.
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Thanks Dave. I`ll try to locate a continous duty solenoid. If anyone knows where
they can be bought, please let me know. In the meantime I`ll start looking.
Thanks again, Dave. Gusso
they can be bought, please let me know. In the meantime I`ll start looking.
Thanks again, Dave. Gusso
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It depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you want to truely disconnect the battery completely, you will have to wire it in series, and you will experience a little bit of voltage drop, but probably not enough to hurt anything. You will also be adding another component that can fail along with more connections to corrode. But most everything in life is a trade-off and you have to live with some things.
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Dave ; In searching for a continous duty solenoid I ran accross a latching solenoid.
If I used one of these would I still get a voltage drop, if wired in series?
If I used one of these would I still get a voltage drop, if wired in series?
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Yes. A latching relay still has contacts in the current path.
The quality of the device, and the quality of your connections will be the most determining factors in voltage drop. Poor quality undersized solenoid(relay) and small wiring with poor connectors will aggravate voltage drop.
But, unless you have an extreme current draw from starting a large high compression engine, it will probably work ok.
The quality of the device, and the quality of your connections will be the most determining factors in voltage drop. Poor quality undersized solenoid(relay) and small wiring with poor connectors will aggravate voltage drop.
But, unless you have an extreme current draw from starting a large high compression engine, it will probably work ok.
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Torque1st; If this were installed between the starter and starting solenoid I
believe you would have power to energize, but I`m a long way from being a wiring expert. I`ll have to hook it up to see. Thanks all for info. Anyone else want to weigh
in on this subject, please do.
believe you would have power to energize, but I`m a long way from being a wiring expert. I`ll have to hook it up to see. Thanks all for info. Anyone else want to weigh
in on this subject, please do.
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Look it up????? Do you understand series and parallel circuits? Do you understand electrical switches and relays? You really need a basic understanding of electricity before you modify or change things. Perhaps it would be better to hire someone to build and wire your system before your vehicle burns to the ground.
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Originally Posted by gusso
Dave ; In searching for a continous duty solenoid I ran accross a latching solenoid.
If I used one of these would I still get a voltage drop, if wired in series?
If I used one of these would I still get a voltage drop, if wired in series?
Yes. It does not matter what you use or how much it costs. A $10,000 solenoid rated for 50,000 amps will have a voltage drop across it. Generally the main drop is at the contact points on the solenoid where you attach the wire and at the ring terminals you put on the end of the wire.