Thread: Convert 24v solenoids to 12v
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Re: Convert 24v solenoids to 12v
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Originally Posted by Travis Schuh View Post
Why are you looking to run 12v instead of 24v solenoids? The robo-rio accepts both, and our experience from beta testing is you want to run 24v due to brownout issues.

I know you can just buy the solenoid end plugs for the SMC solenoids, because we recently bought some to upgrade our 12v solenoids to 24v. I imagine you could do the reverse.
Could you elaborate on the brownout issues?
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