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Solenoid Confusion
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See crappy diagram here

Ok, so I want to control two solenoids with an ESP32. I whipped up a perfboard with a 12V wall wart and two IRL2203NS mosfets. They handle hundreds of amps of current. Overkill, but it's what I have on-hand.

I slowly and carefully wired/soldered everything according to the diagram, and before connecting a GPIO pin I applied 12volts to the perfboard to make sure all was well.

It was not.

One solenoid activated and stayed that way until I removed power. So, I disconnected that solenoid leaving only 1 left, and THAT one also activated and stayed activated.

I have checked, rechecked, slept on it for a night, and rechecked my wiring and soldering. Ignore the 7805, I just put it in there because it will eventually be used.

I am not using a pull-down resistor on the Gate, the Gate is floating right now, and the solenoid reliably activates and deactivates on the application and removal of 12 volts.

Pics here

What's the problem here? I'm stumped.

EDIT: In the solder-side pic in the lower right hand corner it looks like the diode and solenoid leads are connected to GND, they are not, just a bad angle on the pic

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