Aimtrak recoil overheating?

[sublimejhn]

For those out there with recoil kits in their Aimtrak guns, I am looking for some suggestions as to what might be going wrong with mine. I have recently installed a recoil kit, and I am using a kodak 36v 3a power supply, which seems to be a common choice on this forum and others for the recoil kit. Everything works fine, but my recoil solenoid is getting EXTREMELY hot when playing games that involve a lot or rapid shooting. For example, I was just playing through House of the Dead, and by the time I killed the second boss (the one with the bats), the section of my gun with the solenoid was actually too hot to touch, and I could smell the burning plastic. I opened it up and saw that the plastic on the inside was in fact starting to melt a bit in a couple spots.

I haven't seen anyone else having this issue. I did notice a couple threads where people have added a machine gun mode to their gun and have noted the solenoid was getting hot, but that is firing much faster than mine is so it is understandable. I don't feel I hooked anything up wrong, the instructions were pretty straight forward and everything works fine otherwise so I would assume it is connected properly, but I'm open to suggestions. I have also made very certain there is nothing in the way of the plunger, and it slides in and out of the solenoid freely.

Anyone have any ideas?

[WindDrake]

Turn your recoil strength down, and use a DMM to see if the PSU is actually holding up 36v under peak load.

[sublimejhn]

Turn your recoil strength down, and use a DMM to see if the PSU is actually holding up 36v under peak load.

Wow, I feel kinda stupid. For some reason it never even crossed my mind to drop the recoil strength (kinda forgot I could). Dropped it down about 1/5 of the way and no more heat issues, and I can't even feel a noticeable difference in the recoil. Thanks!!

[eds1275]

TURN IT BACK UP AND SHOOT THROUGH THE PAIN!!!