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From: cando@dorsai.org (Alex_Lis)
Subject: Re: Where can amateur buy cheap solenoids for robot control?
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BWHUCKABEE (bwhuckabee@aol.com) wrote:
: Where can I buy cheap solenoids for robot control?  I'm not an engineer. 
: Just playing around.  I want something that will move in or out when I
: apply electricity to it.  Motors are too complicated.  I've considered a
: car starter solenoid, but they require too much current and also cost too
: much.  Can anybody help?
 
You can get new and used solenoids of all sizes and shapes cheap from 
most any surplus dealer. You can also get/order new solenoids from 
companies like Deltrol, Guardian, etc; or go to a dealer like Electric 
Switches, which stocks many types & brands of solenoids. (ES 800-421-8855).
 
If you want cheap, stick with surplus. Or better yet, take apart 
electro-mechanical things which usually contain lots of solenoids, among 
other good usable parts. Start with photo copiers, which contain lots of 
them. I must have over 50 solenoids just from copiers alone. 
 
Most copier solenoids are 100 volts DC or ~120 AC

cando@dorsai.dorsai.org
 
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