So can you explain to us mere mortals how it is more efficient to use 3 or4 solenoids rather than just one? One sol also takes the air off of the pumps. This helps prevent stalling when you get 4 rainy days in a row and have older pumps.
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- Thread starter David Rolf
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It’s best that you never use 110 volts near any of your solenoid banks for safety concerns. If you want to install a single air shut off solenoid valve to turn off the air to the pump use an IDX MX-8 controller or 4 relays. It’s cheaper for equipment manufactures to not install any controls to turn On and Off the air to any of the pumps.
MEP001
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Are your Procon pumps nowhere near your solenoid banks?
Rudy
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If you rely upon a single solenoid on the output of a pump for "shutting it off"....you'll eventually be sorry. My original wash had that setup. I arrived one morning to find that a solenoid had failed to close. Without a deadhead on the output....the pump ran wide open. A full barrel of soap pumped down the drain.
Every pump now has a solenoid on the air input.
If multiple bays use the same pump (Foaming Brush, Tire Cleaner, PreSoak), the air input is controlled by a PLC. It wasn't hard to program.
Every pump now has a solenoid on the air input.
If multiple bays use the same pump (Foaming Brush, Tire Cleaner, PreSoak), the air input is controlled by a PLC. It wasn't hard to program.