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Unread 26-01-2007, 21:40
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Re: Fuses for solenoids
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Originally Posted by BQuennell View Post
Hey, I've been looking through the pneumatics manual and it doesnt refrence to if I need a 20 or a 30 amp fuse for it from the circuit breaker panel. Also is it the same for the compressor, its our teams first year trying pneumatics so I'd like it to work without us burning stuff out.
You need 20A breakers feeding each of the spikes. Note that you need this even though each spike has a fuse built in. You have to provide CB protection at the source (breaker panel).

The output of the spikes are connected to the compressor and the pneumatic solenoids (read the manual/directions and be sure that you replace the 24V coils of the SMC solenoids with the 12V coils).

The 20A fuse on the spike feeding the compressor may be replaced with a 20A circuit breaker (note that this is the only Spike that you can do this to).

Regards,

Mike
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