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Default Re-winding solenoids.

On 10/20/2011 5:54 PM, George Herold wrote:
Driving home, I was thinking that since you're doing a pulsed thing
you may care about the L/R time constant. (Is the pulse time much
longer than that?)


The pulse is mechanically derived.
The small control relay energizes the solenoid. When the solenoid
causes the transfer switch to actuate, the auxiliary contacts
open the solenoid connection.

Jeff-1.0

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