<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Jon,</div><div>I have bought a couple of solenoids 48V & 24V (not solenoid valves) that I </div><div>intend to experiment with. The idea being that I coat the wiring, housing &</div><div>plunger in resin & use it to directly actuate the ballast valve.</div><div>I bought the two below to get a rough idea of what gauge wire to use, how</div><div>large, what size plunger etc.</div><div>There is a limit as to how long you can operate them for due to heat, but a</div><div>ballast valve isn't open for long.</div><div>Alan</div><div><img src="cid:A5E56D6F-47C4-457F-B8C4-816305CF84A4" alt="image1.JPG" id="A5E56D6F-47C4-457F-B8C4-816305CF84A4"><br></div><div><br>On 22/12/2018, at 12:21 PM, Jon Wallace via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1545430445731_19298"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1545430445731_19298" dir="ltr">Just curious, why pneumatic? There's a lot of plumbing involved, no? Is there no reasonable solenoid alternative? Manual alternative such as attaching a long rod, one end in the sub the other end to a gear in the mushroom housing, such that you can turn it from inside the cabin?</div><div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1545430445731_19303" style="display: block;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1545430445731_19302"><div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1545430445731_19301"><div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1545430445731_19313"><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Personal_Submersibles mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>