"Matthew Smith" wrote in message
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Possible but, in this case, I think unlikely. The solenoids are potted
in solid lumps of plastic - they are, after all, designed for a wet
environment.

I thought that corrosion/damp in the joints between the flyleads from
the solenoid to the feed cable so I cut off several inches of the
flyleads and put my meter onto clean, dry, wire.

Still read several MOhms rather than 24.5Ohms.

Thanks for your thoughts, anyway.

Crappy manufacture in that case, assuming you are feeding the right sort and
quantity of volts to them.

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