There are two seperate windings and when the plunger comes up there
is a set of contacts under the rubber boot that change the circuit
form the primary to the secondary windings.
If the adjustment is not correct it will not switch over and the
primary winding will burn up and ruin the solenoid
David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767
www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:02 AM, Bob Spidell wrote:
> Have learned there are two circuits in the solenoid: one high-
> current circuit to do the initial pull on the piston and another,
> lower-current circuit to hold the piston in the 'up' position.
>
> How are the two circuits effected; i.e. are there two sets of
> windings and a switch to each, two sets of points with some
> resistance built-in (seems like this might get hot) or ????
>
>
> TIA,
> Bob
>
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