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From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: cheap solenoids
Summary: Not so cheap current...
Message-ID: <4034@kitty.UUCP>
Date: 17 Sep 90 23:55:07 GMT
References: <LLEE.90Sep17131311@dopey.uucp>
Distribution: sci.electronics
Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY
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In article <LLEE.90Sep17131311@dopey.uucp>, llee@rocket.uucp (Leonard Lee) writes:
> Does anyone on the net know a good (i.e. cheap) source for 5 volt
> push-type solenoids? I've checked with Digi-Key, Newark, and Allied
> already.

	You could try American Design Components in Fairview, NJ;
Marlin P. Jones & Assoc. in Lake Park, FL; or Herbach and Rademan
in Philadelphia, PA.

	You may discover that 5 or 6 volt solenoids are not common;
far more common is 12 or 24 volts.  One reason is that the current
consumption of a 5 volt solenoid is rather steep, and obviously even
a small voltage drop is expensive in lost ampere-turns - especially
the voltage drop across a solid-state driver.

	If you have an option (depending upon your application, of
course), you should consider a higher voltage for a solenoid.

Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp.  "Have you hugged your cat today?"
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