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Re: Electric solenoid experience
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Originally Posted by SenorZ View Post
I bought this door latch:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...p age_o00_s00

It retracts very quick, and meets the FRC power rules. However, with only a little lateral pressure on the latch it does not retract easily.
If you end up using this on your robot you may want to look deeper into this statement: "Continuously energized ≤10S."

This seems to indicate that its not really rated for .6 A.
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