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Re: Firing two solenoids together

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Originally Posted by GeeTwo View Post
Read the lines under table 4-4 in the game manual:

So, if you use a spike instead of the PCM to switch this, no problem.
Yup, I'm well aware of the applicable rules... I'm not aware of any rule keeping us from running two solenoids from a single port on the PCM, but I don't know if doing so would cause problems for the device. Running multiple ones from a spike is fine, as you said, but spikes are 12V devices, so what do you do if you're using a 24V solenoid?
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