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Expand Up @@ -51,11 +51,19 @@ Those are more expensive, heavier and harder to get nowadays.
They are generally not recommended for new designs.
If you want to produce a machine this will also be harder to certify in most
countries.
Some people use 24V supplies which technically works but is not recommended
because coils tend to be quite weak and unreliable in those settings.

A large capacitor might help to keep this rail stable since pulsing and PWMing
coil causes large electric and magnetic spikes.
In some cases a PSU might turn off while driving coils without a capacitor on
this rail.
In other cases pulses might be unstable because the voltage will drop too much
during the pulse (seems to be common with 24V supplies).
If you are increasing pulse times and there seems to be no change in the power
of the coil you are likely experiencing the second issue.
Adding large capacitors or using a power entry board (see below) is recommended
in those cases.

You want to use at least one fuse on the HV rail to prevent coils from burning.
Most coils will start burning after a while if you enable them permanently
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