2-Spool Valve; series or parallel

[Jay4200]

I just picked up a valve for my remote project - it is a Sauer Danfoss 1627 (2-Spool, 10GPM w/ PB). It is specified as a "parallel circuit" (vs. series). What does that mean?

Edit: Never mind - I learned what I needed to know. It's all good.

JayC

 

[mmurphy]

Think of it in a way of christmas light strands. A bulb burns out in a series type, you then have a open circuit. No lights on any. (Of course some use a shunting type device that will keep them lit) If you had two bulbs sharing a 120 volt circuit, they would be each using 60 volts through each other in series. One burns out they both go dark.
Parallel will be like your circuit lets say in your living room. The current flows in any direction that is hooked up to the circuit. Your house type lamp at 120 volts uses 120 volts even if you had more hooked to the circuit because they do not feed through each other. If one burns out the others stay lit.
The hydraulics will flow much the same.