What about an old fuel pump from a car? You'd want to clean it of course,
but in principle it could work.

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Josh Koffman <joshybear@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Justin Richards
> <justin.richards@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 3. Use a windscreen washer pump and a solenoid.  This is not a bad
> > idea but I cant seem to find small solenoid valves and havent
> > experimented (as I have none) to see if they significantly restrict
> > flow.  Most of these that I can source are desgned for irrigation and
> > as such the pressure they control would be quite high compared with
> > what a windscreen pump can deliver and not sure if they would work at
> > all.
>
>
> I'm not sure what's used on your side of the world, but over here
> clothes washing machine repair shops are a great source of small
> solenoid valves. Another option might be a lawn sprinkler supply.
>
> Josh
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