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Re: Need dash solenoid I'd please

Reply #20 –
Going from a 4 post to a blue sea 2 post. The original solenoid has two smaller post- where do those wires go on the blue sea solenoid? Blue sea has two large post and one red wire and one black wire.

Re: Need dash solenoid I'd please

Reply #21 –
Red to hot black to ground. It really doesn't matter if they are reversed. But use your volt meter to find out which small wire is ground and which gets hot when the key is turned on.

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Reply #22 –
Moving the wires to the mounting plate doesn't make sense. The wires need to be powered as they are now on the small post.

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Reply #23 –
Quote from: jelfert –
Moving the wires to the mounting plate doesn't make sense. The wires need to be powered as they are now on the small post.
The ground wire can go to any ground including the mounting plate or the old existing ground wire. The wire from the ignition goes to the red wire.

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Reply #24 –
So the three wires on the two small post (look at the picture I posted) all go on the red wire from the blue sea solenoid?

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Reply #25 –
You have 3 small wires going to the old solenoid.  One of those small wires comes from the ignition switch, and is hot only when the ignition switch is "ON".  You must identify which of the 3 small wires comes from the ignition switch.  That small wire connects to red small wire on new solenoid.  If the small wire from the ignition switch is one of the two wires connected together on the same stud on the old solenoid, then both of those wires will be connected to the red small wire on the new solenoid.  The other remaining small wire on the old solenoid is the ground wire.  It will connect to the black small wire on the new solenoid.

You can identify the "hot with ignition switch on" small wire and the "ground" small wire using a multimeter or a 12V test light.

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Reply #26 –
Quote from: jelfert –
So the three wires on the two small post (look at the picture I posted) all go on the red wire from the blue sea solenoid?
No only the 2 will go to the red wire one will go to the black wire.