Hello,
Having a heated discussion on a different forum about irrigation valve solenoids and air coils.
We are discussing what the importance, if any would be to coiling the leads of wire in a irrigation valve box before hooking it to the solenoid.
My theory and others is that you make an air coil to stop a charge from lightning and static electricity from destroying the solenoid. Others say that the inductance of the air coil is so small that there would be no benefit in this application.
There are usually three coils or more in each box. The hot wire that is comes from the controller has one. The common wire has two or more coils in series, one where it comes in the box from the controller, the other where it leaves the box on its way to the next box. The same is happening in the next valve box and the next and so on. So it is possible to have many coils in series on one line increase the total inductance to do any good?
If so do you have any theory behind it.
Thanks in advance.
Having a heated discussion on a different forum about irrigation valve solenoids and air coils.
We are discussing what the importance, if any would be to coiling the leads of wire in a irrigation valve box before hooking it to the solenoid.
My theory and others is that you make an air coil to stop a charge from lightning and static electricity from destroying the solenoid. Others say that the inductance of the air coil is so small that there would be no benefit in this application.
There are usually three coils or more in each box. The hot wire that is comes from the controller has one. The common wire has two or more coils in series, one where it comes in the box from the controller, the other where it leaves the box on its way to the next box. The same is happening in the next valve box and the next and so on. So it is possible to have many coils in series on one line increase the total inductance to do any good?
If so do you have any theory behind it.
Thanks in advance.