nailit

Easy enough?? My silent choice is off closed which I rarely would close..

Thus don't want to have to leave on all the time. How do I switch?? Its been storming so I can't go look, but can I adjust,spin the solenoid on the diverter??

Hopefully the weather breaks for Sunday to finally take her out!!

stirling

Is your silent choice air pressure controlled ,or electrical ?

nailit

Good question.. I believe its electrical. Plenty wires and don't recall any air hoses..

Didn't realize they made air actuaters.

Questofpower

Should be able to just switch the two wires on the switch. Without looking at a wiring diagram I pretty sure they are fail safe which means if power is removed they open. By switching the wires on the switch you would be cutting power until you switch it to the other position.

nailit

If I am following you, switching the wires will put power to the actuator constantly. Same if I leave the switch on, but also then you couldn't close them b/c you basically wired it direct to battery or hot side of the switch and now it not switchable..

I would assume it applies power to actuate the solenoid. Otherwise, you have a constant draw on the batteries.

C_Spray

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The actuators are spring-loaded in one direction (either "in" or "out"), and pull a lot of current to move away from that default position. Once they move, the current is reduced to a "hold" level.

You'll have to modify the linkage back at the actuator itself and rotate the actual flap relative to the actuator arm so that it is open when there is no power, and closed when the switch on. You might be able to accomplish the same thing by re-locating the actuator relative to the pipe. Reversing the power and feed wires at the switch won't do a thing.

The other option is to contact the manufacturer and see if they have actuators that are opposite to what you have.

Odd setup. Most of the systems that I have seen let the exhaust flow straight-through in the absence of power ("off").

Questofpower

C-spray is right if they are spring loaded switching the wires won't do anything, I guess I am thinking of mine, I have never seen a spring, but I also have not looked that close at them as well, it makes sense there is a spring in there. I was recalling my past electrical experience, yes if you are drawing power to open then yes you would have power going all the time in the on position, (switching the wires) I guess I kinda of mis understood what you were trying to do. But I think I understand now, you want leave them open and have no power draw. You are going to have to do what C-spray is saying. Sorry for the confusion.

US1 Fountain

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http://www.mcmaster.com/#electric-solenoids/=mpdjz2

Sealed Linear Solenoids.
Pick one that will fit and operate the direction you want and 'continuous' duty



My boat has the Corsa setup. Whenever the motors are off, the power is removed from the solenoids. Otherwise you'd have a constant draw on your battery when the boat is not in use, if the exhaust was left in the open mode.

nailit

Thanks for the input guys.. more complicated than I thought.

Once it dries up and I can get in there and take a look, I will update!!

If it requires different actuators.. may just use my finger and try to remember to turn off when we beach or raft up :-(

Update to come!!

nailit

Well, I guess the scotchguard I put on the tops worked.. dry already even with all the rain.

So good and bad!!

As i was checking out how the actuators work, found the sb outer actuator was not bolted down!! So it was staying closed when i ran it last weekend which could explain why I was off about 1-200 rpms on that motor and why I could only pull 64-5 out of her!! Ran 68 when I seatrialed her the weekend before with 3 guys instead of me and wify.

The bad news is it actually uses a electromagnet to draw in the cylinder and it looks like the lever is pressed onto the shaft or is 1 piece so i don't see how I can adjust without buying parts.. Corsa website says it supposed to be off/open so I don't know what happened.

Does anyone have any pics of their setup so i can see if mine was setup differently when they put the new motors back in???

Thanks