GRRR solenoid pissing me off

[cybermob2]

i have 2 solenoids, neither work, or at least they should, but they dont.

i have hooked the up with BATT+ and STARTER+ both ways (swapping poles, forgot which one is BATT), have good ground, and am getting +12V on the brown trigger wire.

i can jump the poles and the starter whizzes.

neither solenoid "clicks" however, even with direct 12V to the trigger. i just bought the one used from nikad on here... i believe it worked or??

what gives... i'm at wits end and about to install an automotive type relay to get me by... at least prove connections are right.

 

[nikad58]

i just checked it by.. touching the black wire on the neg. side of a battery and the brown to the pos. it clicked.. i just checked another one the same way and clicked it a bunch of times.. try it that way and if it doesnt work i will shoot you another one..

if you have the box out and apart make sure the stator is grounded..

i wouldnt think it would matter which side the starter is on but if it does heres a picture ( i have never put them on the wrong side)

 

[cybermob2]

i have the elec box all cracked up and everything spread all over the place.

does something from the box need to be grounded? everything is connected/grounded.


i checked both the solenoids by hooking + and neg on the leads to the batt and surprise surprise they both work. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[cybermob2]

took me about 6 hours with a multimeter, 2 solenoids, and 2 batteries but i finally tracked down a weak connection. solenoid was getting ~11V through it, but needed the full 12V to get it to switch.

cleaned/repaired the pigtail and now its getting full battery voltage and switching just fine.

love the smell of stale fogging oil burning in the springtime!

 

[Idok]

took me about 6 hours with a multimeter, 2 solenoids, and 2 batteries but i finally tracked down a weak connection. solenoid was getting ~11V through it, but needed the full 12V to get it to switch.

cleaned/repaired the pigtail and now its getting full battery voltage and switching just fine.

love the smell of stale fogging oil burning in the springtime!

not to mention the smell of fiberglass that has been under a cover all winter!!!!

rock on man, now put that bitch together and get it out on the water!!!!