Davebones
Senior Member
- Location
- North Of Tampa Fl
Just informed that a water valve " Solenoid " caught fire the other night . Guess the fire department was even called in . I haven't seen the solenoid as I have been off . This valve is a normally closed valve , energized to open valve . The valve is mounted about 3 ft below the roof deck in a exposed ceiling about 85 degree fairly clean environment . This is fed from a single pole 120 volt , 20 amp circuit . This valve is pretty much left on all the time and has been in operation at least 8 years like this . I was asked " is there anything we could do to prevent the solenoid from catching fire " . Any suggestions would be appreciated ...