I found the following paper talking about various starter mechanisms: http://www.aeroelectric.com/articles/strtctr.pdf
I can find there that a starter solenoid can take something like 35A while it is enganging. I cannot really see what type of solenoid those numbers are based on. Are all starters using the same or similar solenoids? I cannot imagine they do.
The reason I am asking is that I have a starter motor that I want to use outside of an automobile and I need to find a reasonably sized relay to trigger the solenoid. Reading the paper above kinda bummed me out because my largest starter relay can handle a solenoid current of 30A.
In my example I have an alanko 439983 0.8kW starter and I would like to figure out several properties of the starter, like the no load current or specifically in this case the max current draw of the solenoid. I have gone through numerous sites for that starter motor including the manufacturers page but it seems impossible to get any more information than the number of teeth, flange size and other mechnical properties. There does not seem to be any electronics data sheet.
So my question is: Where does one normally find a reliable source of information regarding the electrical properties of a starter motor?
