Starter Solenoid

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Starter Housing

Starter Motor starter Bendix

 Starter Solenoid

Receives a large electric current from the car battery and

a small electric current from the ignition switch.

When the ignition switch is turned on, a small electric

urrent is sent to the starter solenoid.

This causes the starter solenoid to close a pair of heavy

contacts
 solenoid winding, contact di
8.3 of plunger,
Starting Motor Switches It consists
sell s a r t e r
switch is turtet
urted
etc. When
or copper disc spring curtent tlows to t

he
button is pressed,
There are so many types of switches used for starting ON or starter

the battery,
t produces magret
getik
otors solenoid winding from against the sprin
is pulled
down
pring
field. Then the plunger he contact
. Manual switch touches strips
the contact disc
Further
tension.
battery
and starting motor
Solenoid switch circuit between
aDd closes the starting
motor and hence
to
Thus the current is passed
. Solenoid switch-cum-shift
to rotate.
motor begins
starting becomes 'ofr
Solenoid shift with relay. is depressed
or
as
switch
As soon
and the plunger gets
diminishes
In olden days. manual switches were using. But now in the coil
magnetic ficld pressure
and thus the
a days solenoid switch with or without relay is being used. comes back due to spring
lifted up or
circuit is broken.

8.4 Construction and Working of Simple Solenoid

Switch
Switch
Plunger
Winding Battery

o starting
Contact motor
disc

Simnlr Solenoid Switch

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tollou ing starts. more number
No outpu. 4. It should be made
Overeharging cxcessIVe output.
and cranking.
strong to
withstand when meshingB
Low output/unsteady output.
5. It should be constructed
charge to battery
as
off but
n0 light as
possible.
Warnung lamp
goes . It should be easy to
assemble and dismantle from
at high speeds. engine side. the
reappears
Warning lamp
wnen ignition switch isS
Warning lamp
does not appear It should have less maintenance or it should be trouble
switched on. free.
dim, battery Is being charged.
Warning lamp goes
Cireuit Diagram of Starting System:

6.3 Starting System: Solenoid switch

in electrical
It is one of the important system provided
indicates that it starts engine. Bartery
system. As the name

motors, the Field winding

In olden days, there were no starting
started manually by means of handle. But it
engines were

takes more effort to start the engine. Armature

Theretore now days, starting motors are used to

a

start the engine, which converts electrical energy of the

battery into mechanical energy. This starting motor is fitted

on the side of the engine nearer to fly wheel.

Requirements of Starting System:

Fig. 6.4
Always the system should be in ready position for
starting the engine.
Working Principle of Starting Motor:

When the current is passed through an armiature coil

placed between two stationary magnets the armature starts to

rotate.

Direction of
conductor motionn

T
Direction of current

6.6 Conductor carrying current held in magnetic field

Fig. :
 When the current is passing through a conductor
(armature) which produces rich or concentric magnetic lines
of force around the conductor of Assume the conductor the
conductor (armature) placed between N and S magnetic
poles as shown in the above figure.

In this case the lines of force in opposite direction will

counteract each other, while those in the same direction will
add up to make bent lines of force as shown in the fig. It
means that it strengthens the magnetic field to the left side
and weaknes the magnetic field to the right of the conductor
which causes the lines of force to distort around the
conductor. Thus it helps to move the armature (conductor)
faster.