What Can I Use Temporarily In Place Of An 80a 100% Duty Solenoid?

[bibby 5,000+ posts]

Everything for my air ride setup will be here friday except my 80a 100% duty solenoid. It will be here sometime after christmas. What can i use in place of that until then? Would just a standard fused setup work? What rating fuse should i use?

Please help me be hopping by the end of the weekend!

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[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

an 80 amp fuse should work if what im reading is correct, however with a fuse you wont be able to switch it like the noid will

 

[bibby 5,000+ posts]

By switch it you mean have a toggle on it?

I've honestly never used a solenoid, and dont know anything about them other than i was told to wire it inline my power wire to my compressor instead of fusing it.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

ford starter solenoid, or 2 maybe cause they aernt rated continous duty

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

that may work too

a solenoid is used to have a switch, so you can turn the circuit on or off

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

its probably for his compressor which the pressure switch would turn the solenoid on, or a manual toggle switch

 

[lilmaniac2 5,000+ posts]

Ive used the ford F150 starter solenoid many a time to trigger circuits, there only 15 bucks iirc

 

[bibby 5,000+ posts]

ford starter solenoid, or 2 maybe cause they aernt rated continous duty

I was told specifically not to use those by a couple different air ride companies.

I'm gonna call FBI, and see what they say.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

yea I got pretty savvy to them from when I had hydros on my truck, think I have a few still layin around. I used Napa Silver line. I just wen in and told them 85 Ford truck or 89 Mustang or whatever.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

I was told specifically not to use those by a couple different air ride companies.


I'm gonna call FBI, and see what they say.

Maybe because usaully when they break the lock up, so your compressor would keep running and if you dont have a guage or dont pay attention you could overfill your tank. A continious duty selonoid will get really hot and not fry with lower amperage where as i starter solenoid would take 1000amps for a second or 2. I honestly think I used them before in that situation. Back when I had an air ride setup there werent just companies you could call up, there were no kits so everything was peiced together. Of course this was 10 years ago or so. Try looking for a hydraulics shop/ewuipment shop. They usaully have stuff like that. Like mcmaster carr, and for some reason I thought boat places had them.

 

[bibby 5,000+ posts]

Maybe because usaully when they break the lock up, so your compressor would keep running and if you dont have a guage or dont pay attention you could overfill your tank. A continious duty selonoid will get really hot and not fry with lower amperage where as i starter solenoid would take 1000amps for a second or 2. I honestly think I used them before in that situation. Back when I had an air ride setup there werent just companies you could call up, there were no kits so everything was peiced together. Of course this was 10 years ago or so. Try looking for a hydraulics shop/ewuipment shop. They usaully have stuff like that. Like mcmaster carr, and for some reason I thought boat places had them.

If they say there isnt something i can substitute, will check mny local hydrolic/pump supply stores.

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

well most of those places sel continious duty selonoids, they aernt just made for air ride setups

 

[bibby 5,000+ posts]

I went ahead and ordered one 2day air, but thanks guys!