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Very good overview video.
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Solenoid is one of the strangest of words.
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Solenoid is one of the strangest of words. 5sdad, i agree with you - and, actually thought the same when first I heard my Dad use the term back in the 50s or early 60s. I remember asking him what it meant and his explaining the device and how it worked (I was "helping" him diagnose someone's vehicle problem) and, as normal, I bugged him a bit (just one more time) by, once again, asking where that word came from. He said he didn't know which language, but it sounded like a Frog word - and then told me it had to do with a coil of wire shaped like a pipe - or cylinder. That's about all I've ever known about the term.
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Think the screwdriver trick....
Why run a high amp (low gauge) wire on a round trip past all those gas transfer lines to an interrupt switch when a short run offers so much less resistance?
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Solenoid is one of the strangest of words. 5sdad, i agree with you - and, actually thought the same when first I heard my Dad use the term back in the 50s or early 60s. I remember asking him what it meant and his explaining the device and how it worked (I was "helping" him diagnose someone's vehicle problem) and, as normal, I bugged him a bit (just one more time) by, once again, asking where that word came from. He said he didn't know which language, but it sounded like a Frog word - and then told me it had to do with a coil of wire shaped like a pipe - or cylinder. That's about all I've ever known about the term. Especially since everyone pronounces it "sell - a - noyd".
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If your switch is going to be working with that current/load,
You need wires to carry it.
The solenoid allows much lighter weight/cheaper systems.
Plus as the heavy cables get longer, they need to be even heavier.
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