E-Mag Battery

[RehKal]

Oh, well the solenoid should read around 3 ohms, so thats good. I think you can trip it with three AA batteries in series. If you take the lowers off of the marker and remove the rail, you should be able to lift the rear of the sear up with your finger, pull the trigger, and have it click back down. You won't hurt yourself.

Ahhhh. Ok. This is what I get for not knowing enough about Emags (yet). It seems to be working perfectly fine. I was under the impression the solenoid fired the other direction... had I paid a bit more attention to the setup I probally would have noticed that.

Now I need to get my air tank back and test it again.. It wasn't working when I first tested it but now I'm not so sure.

[ArmyEngineer]

I thought the same thing at first. My old storm frame worked the opposite way, so I was like "oh that's cool" when I took everything apart. Hopefully the electronics are all good, since they're the expensive parts of the marker. The battery may still be suspect, but it's a good sign that the noid trips.

[athomas]

Since the electronics appear to be working, do check the operation of the sear. Take the valve out. You can see where the sear protrudes through a small hole in the frame. Hold your finger tightly over that hole. Power the frame up and pull the trigger. You will be able to feel the sear trip and your finger will provide the force to reset. It will give you an idea if there is any force.

It is possible that the solenoid plunger is out of spec. Check the length specs in the sticky thread at the top of the tech section here. It is important that the length be proper or the solenoid won't have enough power to trip the sear.