Starter solenoid current?
"Bernd Felsche" > wrote in message
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> PeterD > wrote:
>
>>On 11/2/2011 3:45 AM, Bernd Felsche wrote:
>>> Something I don't know ... and can't seem to find out all that
>>> easily.
>>>
>>> I'm trying to figure out the current draw by the starter solenoid,
>>> (not the starter motor) at terminal 50.
>>>
>>> It's powered through the ignition switch in the Golf GTI but the 4mm
>>> wiring has me baffled. That's too much current to go through a
>>> little ignition switch if the wire is sized for current capacity.
>>>
>>> So I assume it's sized to avoid voltage drop, which leaves me none
>>> the wiser regarding the current actually drawn by the starter
>>> solenoid.
>
>>I believe you will find there is a relay in the circuit. What year
>>Golf is it? BTW, yes, it is a lot of current--more than one might
>>expect.
>
> 1990. There's 4mm wiring into and out of the ignition switch when I
> last had that part of the sah and steering column uncovered.
>
> Current flow diagrams (two sources) draw it as direct-wired.
> No relay.
That would explain the 4mm.
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