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Re: Converting 12v to 24v

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Originally Posted by Tristan Lall View Post
The bell is:
  • electrical,
  • an actuator,
  • not a solenoid, and
  • doing work.

There was no prohibition against electric actuators in 2010, except that motors other than those listed were illegal, and solenoid actuators were illegal. Think of it as a custom circuit. (It must still comply with all other rules.)

(The 2012 rules are somewhat different, as noted above.)
A solenoid is simply a coil of conductive material (Technically, there are many accidental solenoids on robots every year, but those are not actuators). The bell pictured clearly utilizes a pair of solenoids wrapped around the iron core. As stated it is an actuator. The actuation occurs as a result of current passing through said solenoids, thus, it is a solenoid actuator.
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