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Re: wiring solenoids
What my team mate (Charley) was saying is that we went to use our pneumatics and the wiring smoked. Literally, smoke was coming from the wires connecting the spike to the solenoid. We used really thin guage wire to connect our solenoid to our spike. We changed to a MUCH larger actuater today. Before today, pneumatics worked FANTASTIC. After the step-up in actuater size, we went to test it, and the wires between the spike and the solenoid fried. What gauge should we use, ideally?