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It looks like there are some issues with your circuit. Summing up the comments:

  • Your diode has the wrong polarity to stop back-emf
  • Your base resistor is too large

Here is an updated schematic with these fixes.

schematic

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

You could also take a look at this answerthis answer to see a bit more info on driving a solenoid.

It looks like there are some issues with your circuit. Summing up the comments:

  • Your diode has the wrong polarity to stop back-emf
  • Your base resistor is too large

Here is an updated schematic with these fixes.

schematic

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

You could also take a look at this answer to see a bit more info on driving a solenoid.

It looks like there are some issues with your circuit. Summing up the comments:

  • Your diode has the wrong polarity to stop back-emf
  • Your base resistor is too large

Here is an updated schematic with these fixes.

schematic

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

You could also take a look at this answer to see a bit more info on driving a solenoid.

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It looks like there are some issues with your circuit. Summing up the comments:

  • Your diode has the wrong polarity to stop back-emf
  • Your base resistor is too large

Here is an updated schematic with these fixes.

schematic

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

You could also take a look at this answer to see a bit more info on driving a solenoid.