Reef Central Online Community - View Single Post - Solenoid making loud buzzing noise, should i be concerned?

Volcano1 · 05/19/2010, 11:07 PM

Had one do that and the cause was low line voltage.Is there a way to check and see how much current it is getting. Large runs or circuits with high draw devices will sometimes cause it. Put mine on a low draw circuit and no problems. HTH's.

05/19/2010, 11:07 PM	#6
Volcano1 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: North Central Illinois. Posts: 1,233	Had one do that and the cause was low line voltage.Is there a way to check and see how much current it is getting. Large runs or circuits with high draw devices will sometimes cause it. Put mine on a low draw circuit and no problems. HTH's.