Richard,
I believe it is the coil current that is generating the heat, not the load.
Think it must be faulty. Any idea where I can get one of these master
switch operated solenoids with the 0.1 amp coil load.
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Holder" <rholder@avnet.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, January 27, 2006 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Battery solenoids
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>> Can anyone tell me how hot I can expect the battery
>> isolation solenoid case to be after being "on" on the
>> ground and carrying 2 amps for an hour . Mine is really
>> warm to the point of being too hot to hold for more
>> than 10 seconds. Do you think it is faulty Paul
>> Mitchell
>
> It should not be carrying 2 amps. With the Rotax you only
> have 19 amps to play with. If your solenoid is designed to
> actually use 2 amps it is unsuitable.
>
> I used a "rally/race car" master switch (red in colour) as
> the battery cut off in mine. It uses no current to
> activate itself !
>
> Then if you want a master switch operated solenoid for the
> non-starter battery current then a much smaller one can be
> used - with a max switching capacity of about 25 - 30
> amps. I have seen such which only use 0.1 amp for their coils.
>
> Richard
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