Well, as some of you know I had to send my brand spakin' new Buna-N sealed Burkert solenoid back to the Burkert engineers in Charlotte, NC because, after installing it on my new VTS253A-1993 regulator, the gas flow would not shut off (the valve would not close).
SPecifically:
I'd power the solenoid on and gas would flow normally.
I'd disconnect the power cable and the gas would still flow at 4+bps (The solenoid is suppose to close when the power is off and the gas flow is suppose to stop).
The leak was so bad, I could hear a hiss comming through teh solenoid when it was suppose to be shut!
It turns out, and some of you may know this (but I didn't), that despite the solenoid being called a "2-way" solenoid, it is only designed to have gas flow pass one way.
The problem according to the Burkert engineers was that I plugged my solenoid in backwards!
SO to avoid this same problem, I have decided to do another DIY to show you how to switch the solenoid around into the right position--where the gas flow is going in the right direction.
Here is what Dan sent when I asked him about the solenoid being "2-way.":
And no, the P = pressure port, the valves ore not identical on each side, the pressure side is ported to the spring on seat.
SPecifically:
I'd power the solenoid on and gas would flow normally.
I'd disconnect the power cable and the gas would still flow at 4+bps (The solenoid is suppose to close when the power is off and the gas flow is suppose to stop).
The leak was so bad, I could hear a hiss comming through teh solenoid when it was suppose to be shut!
It turns out, and some of you may know this (but I didn't), that despite the solenoid being called a "2-way" solenoid, it is only designed to have gas flow pass one way.
The problem according to the Burkert engineers was that I plugged my solenoid in backwards!
SO to avoid this same problem, I have decided to do another DIY to show you how to switch the solenoid around into the right position--where the gas flow is going in the right direction.
Here is what Dan sent when I asked him about the solenoid being "2-way.":
And no, the P = pressure port, the valves ore not identical on each side, the pressure side is ported to the spring on seat.