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Electric Ball or Gate Valve? Cubby 07-02-2005
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Posted by Cubby on July 2, 2005, 12:22 pm
Hiya folks,
I am looking to the collective wisdom for some advice. I've got a
cabin in the woods that we visit every so often. When we leave, we
shut off the water and drain the lines via two hand operated valves
(one turns the water off, the other opens up the lines). They are not
in an ideal location and there really is no where to move them to that
would be better. I got to thinking about using electrically actuated
valves and wondering if anyone has any words to say about these. I'd
need one that would be Normally Open and one that would be Normally
Closed in the event of power failure. I see Grainger carries some but
was wondering if there are other recommendations out there. Thanks
very much,
jlc


Posted by Jake on July 2, 2005, 12:30 pm
Cubby wrote:
> Hiya folks,
> I am looking to the collective wisdom for some advice. I've got a
> cabin in the woods that we visit every so often. When we leave, we
> shut off the water and drain the lines via two hand operated valves
> (one turns the water off, the other opens up the lines). They are not
> in an ideal location and there really is no where to move them to that
> would be better. I got to thinking about using electrically actuated
> valves and wondering if anyone has any words to say about these. I'd
> need one that would be Normally Open and one that would be Normally
> Closed in the event of power failure. I see Grainger carries some but
> was wondering if there are other recommendations out there. Thanks
> very much,
> jlc
>

Asco ball valves should be fine up to about 1 1/2". After that I'd
consider gate valves, which the actuators are a bit more $$.

Jake

Posted by Cubby on July 3, 2005, 6:51 pm
Thanks Jake. They've got a local distributer so I'll give them a call
on Tuesday. Cheers, jlc


Posted by Mark on July 3, 2005, 10:05 pm


Cubby wrote:
> Thanks Jake. They've got a local distributer so I'll give them a call
> on Tuesday. Cheers, jlc

You may want to think carefully about not being able to turn the water
on during a power failure. You may want to add a hand controlled
override so you can get water if you need to during a power failure.

Mark


Posted by Jake on July 3, 2005, 10:34 pm
Mark wrote:
>
> Cubby wrote:
>
>>Thanks Jake. They've got a local distributer so I'll give them a call
>>on Tuesday. Cheers, jlc
>
>
> You may want to think carefully about not being able to turn the water
> on during a power failure. You may want to add a hand controlled
> override so you can get water if you need to during a power failure.
>
> Mark
>

I agree.

Jake

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