Will most valves work with 24V DC

norvdave

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Sunday, June 10th 2012, 11:13am

Will most valves work with 24V DC

I need to add another valve but have run out of stations
I tried powering up the new valve using an old 24 V DC supply and it worked.
Was I lucky or do most valves work on DC supply?
Are there any problems using 24 V DC?

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Wet_Boots

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Sunday, June 10th 2012, 12:46pm

Don't do it - just get the proper controller for the system - 12 volts DC is closer to what a 24VAC solenoid could run on, if you run it on DC voltage

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