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Re: Solenoid Valve Issue

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Originally Posted by Tem1514 Mentor View Post
Getting hot would suggest either wired backwards or the wrong voltage.

You indicate 12 volt coils so have you wired the solenoid bumper to a 12 volt source on the PD and not the cRIO 24 volt rail?

I am assuming you are using the solenoid bumper and not spikes.

The wiring is correct, and we are using the solenoid bumpers. And yes, it is wired to the 12-volt source.
We just did some readings in the pins of our solenoid breakout board, and when the output voltage of said malfunctioning solenoids' pins on the board should be 12, it inly reads 3 volts. This occurrence repeats across all of the even numbered channels on the board, except for channel 4.