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Coil Power

By Prospekteur

4 years ago



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    #3 4 years ago

    The electromagnetic field strength is proportional to the number of coil windings. The copper wire in a coil has a thin film of insulation on it. If the coil has been stressed and overheated, it can melt the insulation and numerous windings become bonded together, effectively reducing the number, and thereby the magnetic strength. Also, a reduction of voltage to that coil will have the same affect, which can occur through oxidized connectors. You can test this by running a jumper wire directly from power source to the coil and see if the strength improves.

    Also as the previous poster mentioned, the coil sleeve could be worn or melted causing restriction and an apparent loss of strength.

    #5 4 years ago
    Quoted from Prospekteur:

    robertmee:
    "You can test this by running a jumper wire directly from power source to the coil and see if the strength improves.".....
    Ive done this before and voltage is getting down a lot if this coil is activated.

    Not sure how you're monitoring that, but the DC voltage supply in most games is unregulated, so you'll always see a higher floating voltage with no load, but lower when a coil is energized....any coil. But if you're seeing a larger voltage drop with that coil compared to others, then I'd be looking at bad connectors and the coil.

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