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issues with Solenoid(Valve)
Last week we had a perfect setup for our bot. Everything worked fine. We could shoot the ball and the such. Our president made the decision to up our valve from a 12v to a 24v. We did it, and suddenly it didnt work. We set it up all right, we put it through the 24v on the power board and all. But it just wouldnt work. Finally after a day or two we decided to go back to our 12v, and found that it wouldnt work as well. We have NO clue as to why. All of us have little experience with this issue and with pneumatics in general. The solenoids are receiving power but the valve isnt turning on or off.
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Also, how did you verify that the valve was receiving power? |
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We used a voltage meter to check if it was receiving anything. Pressurizing is kinda hard to do when the valve starts open.
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Thanks we are trying that out now. I'm just to clarify you said that the output venting to the room needs to be kinked so that we can switch the output that starts off?
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Like this: Output1 Output2 Vent1 Input Vent2 The input is the obviously connects to the pressure system. The vents have nothing connected to them. Both outputs must be able to pressurize, a simple way to do this is to have two kinked lines on the outputs. |
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I'm confused about kinking the outputs. Are we talking about Festo valves?
I've had 3 of these open and completely disassembled to clean them (There was some moisture inside for some reason, probably kids blowing in them). The small electric solenoids on each end open to pass air to transfer the pneumatic valve. I wouldn't see a reason the outlet needs to be kinked. Furthermore when I finished cleaning the 3 of them I had, and reassembling them, all 3 operated and transferred back and forth with the outputs open to air. As far as testing them without air first, electrically, you should hear the electric solenoid transfer. (a small click) ![]() |
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