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Re: issues with Solenoid(Valve)

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Originally Posted by team1631 View Post
Thanks we are trying that out now. I'm just to clarify you said that the output venting to the room needs to be kinked so that we can switch the output that starts off?
Just to make sure everything is clear, I assume you are using double acting valves, which have 3 ports on one side and 2 on the other.

Like this:

Output1 Output2

Vent1 Input Vent2

The input is the obviously connects to the pressure system.
The vents have nothing connected to them.

Both outputs must be able to pressurize, a simple way to do this is to have two kinked lines on the outputs.
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