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Re: Rule clarification (pneumatic solenoids in series)

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Originally Posted by Madison View Post
Sean,

Our entire catapult system is relies upon running solenoid valves in series. We've never had any trouble with inspectors; we just need to show them that each port on our cylinders is connected to only one valve.
We learned a lot about the pneumatics rules trying to inspect your robot. I think two of the inspectors rock-paper-scissor-ed for it.

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[R78] The outputs from multiple valves may not be plumbed together into the same input on a pneumatic cylinder.
My interpretation is that if you only have one output plumbed to the input, this rule is satisfied.