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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Solenoids



First build with switches and solenoids, you will be able to maneuver anywhere
Don't try to use high power switches.
 
On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 18:05:12 +1100 Dave Everett <deverett@idx.com.au> writes:
> At 05:13 PM 12/8/2004, you wrote:
>
> >Hi, Peter . . .
> >
> >Thanks for the input on switches.  On-off, on-off, on-off - I can
> handle that!  Not much circuitry involved.
>  Switches are pretty simple, but... They will suffer from the current
>  pulsing across the contacts as you turn on and off. Eventually they
> may  even weld together or burn out. As we are talking about 36A that is
> equivalent to a small welder.
>
> Dave Everett
>