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Originally Posted by rkoripalli
I'm reading that spikes can only switch 12v, which is why I believe that it didn't work for us.
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But you said the valve worked by direct connecting to the battery, so it should work with the spike connected to 12v power.
I understand you don't want to use the spikes due to the cost, and if you need 4 of them. Why I suggested them, is they are very robust, and fused, which is nice when you are putting stuff together outside of specifications.
This diagram,
http://team358.org/files/programming...ionDiagram.pdf shows two solenoid cards, one is powered by 24vdc and one is powered by 12vdc.
As you already stated that 12vdc worked, I would suggest that you wire to 12v to test, this is because we are working outside of specs, and if something goes, you may blow the 24vdc power supply in the power distribution board, and the cost money too.
Here is the manual to the solenoid breakout,
http://www.usfirst.org/sites/default...20Breakout.pdf You will need a 2 pin pwm cabel, wired to the solenoid + to + ground to ground. When you turn on the output in the program the solenoid will fire with the voltage that you apply to power input terminals.