ksg5000 wrote: I know my disconnect solenoid has a couple of fuses on the solenoid - yours may also and when they burn out the solenoid won't operate properly.
Yes, in the last photo, on the bottom left hand corner, that dark yellow rectangle is a 5 amp fuse. It is good. The slot opposite, over on the right was empty.
I assume that there is no fuse required there. But I will check to see if there is voltage present when I get it powered up again. Can't imagine that a fuse would just fall out....but, we'll see.
I always start with the low tech approach. The first thing I would do is grab a pair of automotive jumper cables. Then connect one red clamp to each side of the solenoid and see if the problem is fixed.
If the problem remains then your switch and solenoid are probably fine.
If the problem is resolved then I would look at the switch, and solenoid.
Edit: I looked at the picture again and now I also see what looks like and auto resetting circuit breaker. I would also try jumping across it to connect those two big cables that are attached to it. Heck they're close enough together that you can probably connect the two posts with a single clamp of the jumper cables.
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Well, I certainly appreciate all the input.
And the answer was: The dang switch is bad.
I reinstalled the battery and jumped the switch and; BINGO, I heard the solenoid engage and everything powered up just fine. The test light shows power to one side and not on the other...no matter how hard I tried to make it go down.
So, I got a new switch on order and I know a little more about solenoids and switches now than I did when we started. I love happy (cheap) endings!
In the ag business we used a lot of those continuous use solenoids and replaced a lot of those also. I have also seen a lot of solenoids replaced with regular non continuous duty solenoids. Those wont last very long at all. I would get rid of it my self and just get a hi capacity heavy duty switch and wire it into those main cables.
ksg5000 wrote: I know my disconnect solenoid has a couple of fuses on the solenoid - yours may also and when they burn out the solenoid won't operate properly.
Yes, in the last photo, on the bottom left hand corner, that dark yellow rectangle is a 5 amp fuse. It is good. The slot opposite, over on the right was empty.
I assume that there is no fuse required there. But I will check to see if there is voltage present when I get it powered up again. Can't imagine that a fuse would just fall out....but, we'll see.
Thanks
When zooming in on the picture it looks like there are no contacts in that open fuse hole on the right. so I don't think a fuse belongs there.
Also another easy test is I'm assuming that the brown wire on the right of the solenoid goes to the switch. And the white wire on the switch goes to positive battery. If so just use a small wire to jump between the brown wire at the solenoid and the battery positive wire (I'm assuming it's the one on the left)at the solenoid. If everything works then troubleshoot power to the switch or a defective switch.
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