Removing Solenoid on Milwaukee All-In-One Regulator

[FobbyBobby]

I was thinking about going pressurized route for my CO2, and looking at regulators the all in one regulator from milwaukee seems to be the best deal and with the least hassle (no looking for needle valves and adapters and stuff), but I have no use for the solenoid. I was wondering if the solenoid increases the electric bill that much, because I'm still a high school student and I feel bad about making my parents having to pay extra on the electric bill because of a solenoid that I have no use for. Also, I was wondering if it is possible if I could remove the solenoid from the milwaukee regulator.

Thanks!

[glass-gardens.com]

The solenoid on the MA957 uses little electricity, your parents wouldn't even notice it on their bill most likely.

There are several reasons you probably wouldn't want to remove the solenoid, for one thing it will most likely void the warranty, and secondly it's a royal pain to take off and you need to be careful of damaging the regulator in the process at which point no warranty becomes an issue.

It can be done, but I would strongly recommend using as it is or getting a plain vanilla regulator and adding what you need to it.

[mpb]

Also, why do you want to get rid of the solenoid?
Even if you do not intend to buy a ph controller you should sync the CO2 injection with lights. Probably you already have a timer to turn on/off the lights. Just add the solenoid to the same timer. In that way you do not waste CO2.

[aychamo]

I would not imagine that the solenoid draws hardly *any* electricity. If you are using pressurized CO2, you already have good, bright lighting that draws electricity, filters, etc, that draw *much much much* more current than the solenoid would.

As far as I can reason, the solenoid uses the electricity to stay open. I think that they create an electromagnetic field which moves a magnet inside of them which was blocking the flow of CO2. Since the magnet moves out of the way when electricity is applied, it lets CO2 flow.

I wouldn't worry. You could help your parents out by keeping your AC off and not keeping lights on unneccessarily :-)

[Momotaro]

You could help your parents out by keeping your AC off and not keeping lights on unneccessarily :-)

Don't play the stereo either!

Mike