solenoid

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Wild Amberi

Joined Jul 18, 2015
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I have a solenoid which must be triggered by the voltage of the led.12v is the source and the voltage to activate the solenoid
 

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Wild Amberi

Joined Jul 18, 2015
4
sorry friend for the lack of details.The 3v is a led positive voltage for another device.when the device reaches a certain temperature a led is on which I want to use as a trigger for the powering of the solenoid valve .The 12 v source is already ground so as the output to the solenoid is also grounded
 

ISB123

Joined May 21, 2014
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Diodes drop voltage so you don't really have 3V at the LED you got like 1V. Since typical red LED has Vf of 2V.
3V-2V=1V
Or you took the multimeter and confirmed that you got 3V after the LED?
 

Alec_t

Joined Sep 17, 2013
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I think the OP needs a high-side switch if one leg of the solenoid is grounded and he want LED lit = solenoid energised?
 

Reloadron

Joined Jan 15, 2015
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sorry friend for the lack of details.The 3v is a led positive voltage for another device.when the device reaches a certain temperature a led is on which I want to use as a trigger for the powering of the solenoid valve .The 12 v source is already ground so as the output to the solenoid is also grounded
Get a DC SCR to act as a switch which uses a low (3 volt) control voltage and can drive a 1 amp inductive load at 12 volts to handle your solenoid. That is the simplest turn key one component solution I can think of. DC SCR should get some Google hits for you. The SCR goes in parallel with your LED assuming you have a On/Off 3 volt signal to work with. That or remove the LED and replace with the SCR and place another LED across the relay coil.

Ron
 
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