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Old 03-10-2023, 09:26 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by pope View Post
I think this is where an electric valve and a controller would be beneficial rather than a manual valve or pressure switch.

The electric valves are only closed in one direction when off enabling it to fill and hold until switched on by the user or a pressure switch, unlike the the manual valve which must be opened to fill and/or empty.

Tying an electric valve into either a standalone or arduino (etc) and say comparing oil pressure vs rpm vs accumulator charge pressure to determine when to open the valve would give the benefit of fast reaction like a simple pressure switch, but without dumping oil every time pressure drops because rpm did.
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All the solenoid valves I was looking at were either NO or NC so they won't fill unless triggered or would need a one way bypass to refill the accumulator. Most also had buna orings and seals so not good for high enough temperature. Need either viton or epdm.
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