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Battery Master Relay (solenoid)

Postby Cess32cw » Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:17 pm

Pardon my ignorance but I have a question about the battery continuous solenoid. While prepping for my upcoming first flight I noticed that the solenoid is hot to the touch after about 5 minutes of turning on the master switch. None of the surrounding wires or components are warm, only the solenoid which gets very warm/hot. Is this normal? I ordered a new solenoid from ACS and it does the same thing...hot to the touch after about 5 minutes. Any words of wisdom out there?
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Re: Battery Master Relay (solenoid)

Postby Sonex1517 » Sat Jun 13, 2020 9:41 pm

A continuous duty solenoid is intended for exactly that - continuous duty. A starter solenoid is intended for short duration use.

Your master solenoid is typically continuous duty, so if yours is hot check to see what you installed.
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Re: Battery Master Relay (solenoid)

Postby Bryan Cotton » Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:53 am

Most of them draw about an amp. This is at least 12W of power dissipation. That will cause some heat.

Check out this thread:
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