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From: DELTAFLYER@prodigy.net
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Starter solenoid

I believe that the purpose of the starter contactor in 
Bob Nuckol's drawings is to isolate the starter cable 
from the battery.
If the starter cable were connected directly to the 
battery and it shorted to ground there would be no way 
to disconnect it.
Jim
--- Original Message ---
From: "Al Gietzen" <alventures@email.msn.com>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" 
<flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: [FlyRotary] Starter solenoid

> 
>
>What's the steady-state current draw of the starter 
solenoid?  
>
> 
>
>Why, in all of Bob Nuckol's wiring diagrams, is there 
a starter
>contactor switching the heavy current to the 
starter?  There is already
>a contactor in the solenoid.  What am I missing here?
>
> 
>
>Al Gietzen
>