I'm a newbie here and have searched to no avail for the answer to my question. First off, my knowledge of electronics is limited so I apologize in advance if there's a simple answer to my problem. This is going to be in a marine endurance racing application so my goal is to keep things as simple and reliable as possible. Some of my fellow competitors are using a reversing solenoid commonly found in winches but I'm not a big fan of solenoids and hope there's another way other than going with a single dpdt (on)-off-(on) switch which I've used before..
This actuator is used to control my front wings or Canards for lift as you can see in the attached picture. . I would like to run this actuator in both directions using 2 separate and simple spst off-(on) push button switches. One button would extend the actuator and the other would retract it.
components:
1- 12vdc linear actuator, max 3 amps. http://www.lectrotab.com/products/standard-actuators.php
Note: the actuator doesn't have limit switches and it will be visually operated so we don't use them.
Thanks in advance.
This actuator is used to control my front wings or Canards for lift as you can see in the attached picture. . I would like to run this actuator in both directions using 2 separate and simple spst off-(on) push button switches. One button would extend the actuator and the other would retract it.
components:
1- 12vdc linear actuator, max 3 amps. http://www.lectrotab.com/products/standard-actuators.php
Note: the actuator doesn't have limit switches and it will be visually operated so we don't use them.
Thanks in advance.
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