Adding a Solenoid Valve to my Homemade Powder Coating Gun

I added a cheap air solenoid valve to my home-made powder coating setup so that the flow of air to the powder hopper can be controlled by the electrical switch and not the manual air valve on the gun trigger. This modification will give way to more upgrades to my home-built powder coating setup.

[@DIYPhil]

I re-upload this video because the original got copyright claim from the background music that I used.

[@stevengoan6490]

Hi what volts is your maximum and what do you set your amps too and do your adjust them at all

[@DIYPhil]

I would usually set to 4 volts and max to about 6 volts. More than that and I experienced the transistor on the high voltage generator overheating also the secondary on the transformer arcing until destruction. Yes, I tried to adjust the voltage in an attempt to mitigate faraday cage effect on some items. I have new updated high voltage generator and new gun version vids to be uploaded soon. Please check those out.

[@zirvemedia5223]

how effective would this be with nonconductive materials?

[@DIYPhil]

If you are talking about powder coating, it is not very effective with nonconductive materials because they don't get electrostatic charge as well as metals. However it is still possible to powder coat glass and ceramics by hot flocking. It is heating the item first in the oven then spraying the paint powder which melts upon contact to the material and thus bond even without electrostatic charge.