Electrical problem
Been having an ongoing problem I can't seem to fix. My 2006 four winds winds 5000 keep blowing the house solenoid. It will work for a day or two as it should an then it's blown. Appears to be getting ...
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They may look the same and have the same dimensions, but are not rated for the same service. If you bought it at an auto parts store, most likely and probably, you have a starter solenoid. Not the same duty or service. Since you said it is getting hot, it is for intermittent duty, like a starter. A continuous duty is designed to have power going to the coil continuously, a starter solenoid is only designed to be energized for about 30 seconds at a time.
Vintmxman wrote:Dusty R wrote:
Sounds like the original solenoid died and you replaced it with one that was not a continuous duty.
I replaced it with the same exact one that was in the coach as original equipment...
