Exhaust in Solenoids

[dardeshna]

Originally Posted by FTC Team CC

Here is a diagram I drew of our setup for the solenoids

It might not be a great drawing, but I hope it helps you understand our setup a little bit better

http://imgur.com/a/g2MT4

Team 8 literally had this issue earlier today with the same manifold solenoid setup. While bridging A ports and B ports to plug them is probably also contributing to your issue, the way we resolved the original problem you described was actually quite simple.

Try unplugging all of the tubes from the manifold, unscrewing the solenoids, removing the rubber gaskets, and blowing out the internals of the solenoids and manifold with compressed air. Then reassemble carefully. And while you are at it, plug the unused ports properly with the loop setup someone posted a picture of above. For us, it was likely something was either loose or improperly installed.

You could think of this as the good old reboot! Good luck

Originally Posted by PVCMike

You can make your own plugs for the push fittings in a pinch, super easy. Cut a 2" piece of tubing, heat one end with a heat gun (until it's very soft), then clamp it between some pliers. I would not recommend you use this method on the robot, but we do all the time in testing.

Edit: ^^^ Haven't tried this myself but it does seem like a very good option for testing if you are out of connectors.