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Re: Solenoids and <R74>

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Originally Posted by implosionprez View Post
How would everyone translate this rule? It obviously means that we can't connect the outputs of more than one solenoid to a cyllinder, but what about connecting the input of a second solenoid to the outputs of the first solenoid, to control whether or not air can come out of the first solenoid? Would that be legal, or does one solenoid and one solenoid alone have to control the movement of the piston?
I read that as one outputs worth of air goes into each piston. Turning two solenoids into a center-locking valve would still be allowed. However, I am not the GDC.
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