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Re: Pneumatics, solenoids and frustration

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Originally Posted by bhughes View Post
Is it possible that I should be turning both sides off to let air through? Was a suggestion from a teammate.
For normal operation, you should only energize 1 of the solenoid coils on a given solenoid valve at a time.
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