Week 8 Starters No Load Test

This week we focused on the starting portion of diesel equipment. More specifically heavy duty starters.
                                                           

In this photo you can see how we hooked up positive and negative cables to start a no load test on our personal starters. Connecting the bolt with a cable to the starter solenoid opposite of the grounding strap which turned over the starter so we could run our tests.

In this photo we're testing for voltage drop at the starter to troubleshoot a problem.

This week I had an especially hard time understanding the flow and function of the components inside the starters. What'll happen if you run a 12v starter on a 24v system in a truck?