RE: Re: was Heating Controlers, now garden water control

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Radio Shack was Tandy ... I am told they sold their stores to Carphone
Wharehouse.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian G. Reynolds [mailto:brian.g.reynolds@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 04 July 2001 23:12
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Re: was Heating Controlers, now garden water
> control
>
>
> Re RS is Radio Spares, did this used to be Radio Shack or is/was that
a
> different company? never known that!
>
> Not really useful but I'm inquisitive.
>
> B.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Crawshaw [mailto:robert@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 04 July 2001 22:35
> > To: UK HA mailing list
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: was Heating Controlers, now garden
water
> > control
> >
> >
> > I believe the ones mentioned below are 24v ones, the ones i
> found in side
> > the washing mc are 240v ones.
> >
> > If you get desparate i could rewind you 24v solenoid to 12v.
> > This works 95% of the time when you modify an electric motor to
> work on a
> > different voltage, but solenoids/coils can sometimes be a little
fussy.
> >
> >
> > RS is radio spares BTW
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Robert
> > >
> > > Do you have more details of the solenoid valves.
> > >
> > > I have a 24v one, but it stopped working, not sure if it is
the valve
> > > of the power supply which has blown, but if I could get a
supply of
> > > 12v ones, that would be better.
> > >
> > > By RS do you mean Radio Shack, i.e. Tandy.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Rid
> > >
> > > >
> > > > > RE the Valves,
> > > > > you could consider using the Soleniod Valves from
RS - that have
> > > been
> > > > > used for Garden Irrigation systems, they are much
cheaper (around
> > > > > 10ukp each) than the "real" vales, and
are available in 12 vdc or
> > > > > 240v ac versions, so could be used with Homevision
- anyone any
> > > > > thoughts on this.
> > > >
> > > > Or...  a cheaper alternative.
> > > > Our washing mc blew up a couple of weeks ago, so i
decided t  pull
> > > it t
> > > > bits t  see if there was anything i could 'recycle'
from it..
> > > > Guess what.... the water inlets are solenoid valves...
i retrieved
> > > a t tal
> > > > of 3 from inside...
> > > > All i need now is a garden !
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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