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11-11-2012, 12:44 PM | #1 |
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Simple Solenoid test
I've been searching everywhere but I can't find a simple solenoid test for a 92 marathon solenoid. Can anyone tell me how to do it with a solenoid that I have taken out of the cart?
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11-11-2012, 12:49 PM | #2 |
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Re: Simple Solenoid test
if it's a 36v solenoid, run a wire from the pos side of your 36v battery pack, and a neg wire from the neg side, and connect them to the two small post on the solenoid, one post pos, and the other post neg, and the solenoid will click, and you should have pack volts on the large post
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11-11-2012, 02:57 PM | #3 |
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Re: Simple Solenoid test
Do i need to give the large posts power? will it work without that? Do i need the diode in place to test it?
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11-11-2012, 03:15 PM | #4 |
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Re: Simple Solenoid test
YEs and no. What you have is a contact switch... When you apply + and - to the small posts a magnetic field is created which draws a contactor in across the 2 large posts. SO if you had power on one large post you would see it bridge across to the other large post.... another way to test this bridge is with a continuity tester but, there is no substitute for actual live loads as there may be enough contact for light testing but not enough for use if the contacts are worn or compromised. Hope this helps.
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11-11-2012, 03:29 PM | #5 |
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Re: Simple Solenoid test
Thanks scotty. I've tested it with a meter and it all seems to be ok, but the weird thing is I just replaced it, and it was working fine. I guess it could have been bad to start out with but it seems too coincidental. My plan was to take it out of the cart and test it isolated to see if it's actually the solenoid or something else in the circuit making it fail.
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11-11-2012, 03:54 PM | #6 |
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Re: Simple Solenoid test
Could be an intermittent failure in the activation circuit.
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