Recent content by mike_hgt

thats fantastic, thanks again for your excellent advice.

Just wondering would i need to put a 1k resistor in front of the transistor?

Thanks berkeman, I'll give it a go and let you know how i get on

Hi everybody, I have set up a 555 monostable timer to run a solenoid for 0.05 seconds - very rapid on then off, moving the solenoid about 3 mm. I have found that it is not producing quite enough force for what I need and was wondering if I put 6 vdc solenoid in place of the 12vdc solenoid...