Hi,
I design and build large scale water features (sometimes for swimming pools) but now for the first time we need to remote control some valves.
So I have no problem figuring out how a motorised valve actuator does its job, it replaces the hand I have previously used to twist a valve open/shut or up/down.
The problem is I have no idea how to control such a device. Al I want is the ability to link it to a switch, so that in one switch position the valve opens, in another it closes again.
I have used smaller solenoid valves before which are either open or closed by default, and simply completing the circuit forces the opposite position. But how do I achieve the same with a motorised valve that I assume needs a power connection and some sort of signal sent to operate?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I design and build large scale water features (sometimes for swimming pools) but now for the first time we need to remote control some valves.
So I have no problem figuring out how a motorised valve actuator does its job, it replaces the hand I have previously used to twist a valve open/shut or up/down.
The problem is I have no idea how to control such a device. Al I want is the ability to link it to a switch, so that in one switch position the valve opens, in another it closes again.
I have used smaller solenoid valves before which are either open or closed by default, and simply completing the circuit forces the opposite position. But how do I achieve the same with a motorised valve that I assume needs a power connection and some sort of signal sent to operate?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
