well this way there is a current limiting resistor so if you make a wrong guess to which lead of the solenoid is the positive, and which lead is the negative. 50% chance of guessing right, if you guess wrong, nothing happens, the circuit is fine, and you just put it in the other way.
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As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decisions for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide
sometimes I just freaking hate people. which means the next day I will love them for the sake of balance, but right now I will just concentrate on the hating. Hate hate hate. Blaaaarg! ;)
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My soleniod only has two black wires going to it. Both of these go dirctly to the board. If I connect an LED and resistor like you explained, it would create a loop that doesn't include the board (or battery, or microswitch). Maybe I'm just not understanding this, but I can't seem the find the diode either?Last edited by Guest; 07-13-2002, 06:20 PM.Comment
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the second idea for hooking it up is not reliant on the voltage generated when the field of the capacitor colapses. it used the power while the solenoid it on. the way that you are hooking it up is called a paralell circuit . the positive lead of the solenoid and the negative lead of the solenoid are each one of the black wires. or you can make the connections on the board itself (anyplace along the wire/circuitboard trace before you hit another component)
that 12v led assembly u have will light, but won't be as bright as it could be. why don't you try just holding/taping the wires of the led assembly to each of the solenoid wires (probally the best place is on the back of the circuit board where the female recepticle for the plug is). then try swaping the leads, observe what happens.As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decisions for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide
sometimes I just freaking hate people. which means the next day I will love them for the sake of balance, but right now I will just concentrate on the hating. Hate hate hate. Blaaaarg! ;)
turborev - with ai like this, if it controlled any more than a paddle, it would kill you and everyone you care about. ;)Comment
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I finally got my LED hooked up. I used the last method of setting up a paralel circuit. It wasn't too hard except there is very little room inside the frame for an LED. I just have a couple questions;
-Will this change the power going into the soleniod?
-How will this effect my battery life?
Here's a pic of my frame now:Comment
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it will not affect the power going into the solenoid (short answer) it will not affect the power going into the solenoid by a noticible amount (shortened long answer)
this will add about 20mA to the total draw of the circut when the solenoid, this is a minor amount comared to the solenoid. just a guess, maby 5% shorter batt life, i wouldn't be worried about it.As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decisions for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide
sometimes I just freaking hate people. which means the next day I will love them for the sake of balance, but right now I will just concentrate on the hating. Hate hate hate. Blaaaarg! ;)
turborev - with ai like this, if it controlled any more than a paddle, it would kill you and everyone you care about. ;)Comment
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Does it make that cool clicking noise the impulse makes?Class Motto: What seems to be the problem officer?Comment
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I'm not sure on this, but I think that the clicking noise has something to do with the soleniod. The Hyperframe's soleniod won't make any noise unless there is the sear pushing against it. So all I get is the click of the microswitch.Comment
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you know, you could always go with that blue led
i am glad that i could have been some help to you.As society and the problems that face it become more and more complex and machines become more and more intelligent, people will let machines make more of their decisions for them, simply because machine-made decisions will bring better results than man-made ones. Eventually a stage may be reached at which the decisions necessary to keep the system running will be so complex that human beings will be incapable of making them intelligently. At that stage the machines will be in effective control. People won't be able to just turn the machines off, because they will be so dependent on them that turning them off would amount to suicide
sometimes I just freaking hate people. which means the next day I will love them for the sake of balance, but right now I will just concentrate on the hating. Hate hate hate. Blaaaarg! ;)
turborev - with ai like this, if it controlled any more than a paddle, it would kill you and everyone you care about. ;)Comment
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I could get a blue one, but then I'd have to take it all out, and put it all back in and buy a holder for the LED. And it's just not worth it. But thanks for the help.Comment
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