On Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:21:18 +0800, Bernd Felsche
> wrote:

>The clamp meter shows just 5A peak in the solenoid. I suspect that's
>the average over about 0.1 seconds; which is about how long it takes
>to close the contacts that pull in the starter fully.
>
>The 5A is the highest peak out of about 20 (*) successive starts. I
>suspect that that's an average over the sampling period. Figures
>are scattered all over the place; from 0.3A up to 5A. Most in the 3
>to 5A range.

You would be real lucky if the clampl meter had a sample rate as high
as 10 Hz - many seem to have a sample rate of less than one per
second!
Cheers,

Paul Saccani,
Perth,
Western Australia