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Old 06-24-2007, 07:58 PM
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Originally Posted by longassname
It's weird that the solenoid design is such that it fails to a short instead of an open. I would have expected them to design the mechanics to fail to an open.

I'm not exactly baffled by electricity, thanks.
I am extremely interested but baffled by this report on solenoid failure as it strangely indicates that when the solenoid fails it does so in the closed position. This would have rather interesting results. Please amplify and confirm.
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