Starter Soleniod education

[blueflyer]

I see in the archives where folks attach the starter to the right post (See picture below) and the shunt/master solenoid connection to the left post. but would it matter if I conected the starter to the left post and the shunt/master solenoid connection to the right post?

[gasman]

Test your solenoid to make sure that it doesn't get it's power from the battery side. If it does not, then it can be installed either way.

If i recall, the master does. But the starter does not. Test, but you should be good.

[bcondrey]

On the starter contactor you can supply power to either side because the coil is energized by supplying power (it's internally grounded). The master contactors work just the opposite - the coil is connected to the battery side internally and you turn it on by supplying ground to the other side of the coil.

Bob

[blueflyer]

OK, thats what I needed to know. Thanks for the help with that.