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Re: Festo Solenoid Control Question

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Originally Posted by Bill_B View Post
Mark,
Festo dual solenoid valves can have either 12V or 24VDC solenoid coils. There is white lettering calling out the required activation voltage. Most (all?) of the KoP valves were 24v and Andymark was selling 12v ones (only?) for some time.
I glossed over that possibility, as this is a rookie team who probably doesn't know the difference yet. They have limited experience with FRC solenoids and I conjecture that they've only ever seen the Festo 24v solenoids that came in this year's kit.

The coils will be marked as 12v or 24v so you can double check.
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