DanBaldwin said:GlennD said:In my case I used a different contactor with 2 coils. It draws 10A at 12V until it pulls down and then only draws .1A to keep it pulled in.
Interesting! Can you give us a supplier/mfg/part number for that contactor.
Dan
It was from Ebay. I purchased 2 since you can not count on Ebay. It has a microswitch on the side that opens the high current coil when it is fully pulled in. It is a normal 3 pole 50A contactor other than that.
I am using a 5A switching supply with a 4700 mfd cap on the output. It only has to supply 10A for a few miliseconds.
When I get home I will be happy to supply a part number.