SpudFiles

Okie dokie, i bought an automatic inline valve, in an attempt to make a pneumatic cannon. I want to control the valve only by means of electricity.. I don't like the idea of modifying it. Plus, I love electronics and such. When i got the valve home i tried it. Well, i hooked batteries up to the two wires. I ran 18 volts into the valve and i distinctly heard a click from the solenoid(even took it out to make sure) the only thing i noticed is that the valve didn't actually open.. SO here is my question. Did i do something wrong? Or is the pressure (air/water) make the valve open? I don't really know, since this is the first time i am going to build a cannon with an automatic valve... possibly i got the wrong valve. Please help me out, I know someone will.

BTW- the valve is an Orbit 91100 (1")

it is the pressure that makes the valve open, you should be running it on about 27 volts, too bad you dont want to mod it, extra power with modding

Thanks Spuds, well... its my first cannon w/ automatic valve. I wanna see what an automatic valve is like versus a modded automatic valve. I make a fair amount of money and don't spend much, and summer is here(i am a student with a lot of time on my hands) Next gun will be modded.

You could leave it half modded - keep the solinoid in. That way, you can fire it both ways.

Does that effect performance at all? And is it hard to do?

It's not hard to do at all. If you search around the How-To section here there are some detailed instructions on how to mod the valve. Just leave the solenoid (the little black thing with wires) in insted of taking it out.

its not hard at all, you just leave the solenoid in instead of filling the hole with epoxy, and it wont cause a loss in performance, it will just give you the ability to fire it electronically or pneumatically (good idea if your batteries die)

Sweet, thanks for the help all.


Gotta admit, this place is very helpful... I am glad i signed up for this forum

Yeah I was suprised at how active and helpfull it was as well.