I like the sound of a fuel pump, that might just do the trick. Cheers Justin On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Marcel Birthelmer wrote: > 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 wrote: > >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:21 PM, Justin Richards >> 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 >> -- >> A common mistake that people make when trying to design something >> completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete >> fools. >> -Douglas Adams >> -- >> http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive >> View/change your membership options at >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist >> > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist