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Re: 2 Pneumatic cylinders on one solenoid.

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Originally Posted by ahudson View Post
Can you elaborate on how you ran 2 cylinders off the same solenoid? We are needing to do this and was not sure the best way.

Thank you for your help!
Put a 'T' or 'Y' connection on the output of the solenoid. Have one tube go to each cylinder. Be sure to have the same length of tubing going to each cylinder if you want each to activate at the same time.
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