Small / micro float valve

NubbsJRN · 04/22/2018, 09:40 PM

Hello,

Has anyone ever found/used a mechanical float valve that will wit through the opening on a space saver jug?

If so do you have a link or brand name? Currently I use a float switch but I like the redundancy of using both.

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mcgyvr · 04/23/2018, 04:43 AM

Unlikely.. The bulb of a mechanical valve needs to be a certain size to exert enough force to keep the valve closed when needed..

homer1475 · 04/23/2018, 05:05 AM

Smallest one I ever found was micro size. I used it in my keurig to auto fill it. Pretty sure it still won't fit in that jug. It barely fits in my keurig.

Why would you want a mechanical float for? Auto filling the container?

n2585722 · 04/23/2018, 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by homer1475

Smallest one I ever found was micro size. I used it in my keurig to auto fill it. Pretty sure it still won't fit in that jug. It barely fits in my keurig.

Why would you want a mechanical float for? Auto filling the container?

As a backup to the float switch. Float switches and solenoids do fail. A float valve would shut it off if either happen. I use this method on my DI container. So far the valve has never failed to stop a flood when the RODI unit did not shut off.

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FullBoreReefer · 04/23/2018, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by n2585722

As a backup to the float switch. Float switches and solenoids do fail. A float valve would shut it off if either happen. I use this method on my DI container. So far the valve has never failed to stop a flood when the RODI unit did not shut off.

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I run mechanical float at the end of all my water lines. One solenoid has failed me but never my mechanical backup

NubbsJRN · 04/23/2018, 02:00 PM

Yep, just looking to install some redundant safetys.

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perkint · 04/25/2018, 06:08 AM

If it is for RO, the only small floats (which may not be small enough for that anyway) I have tried are not strong enough to stop the flow due to the pressure an RO unit will exert

Stick another redundant switch and solenoid on so if one fails the other cuts in

Tim

04/22/2018, 09:40 PM	#1
NubbsJRN Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 127	Small / micro float valve Hello, Has anyone ever found/used a mechanical float valve that will wit through the opening on a space saver jug? If so do you have a link or brand name? Currently I use a float switch but I like the redundancy of using both. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

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mcgyvr Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 20,050	Unlikely.. The bulb of a mechanical valve needs to be a certain size to exert enough force to keep the valve closed when needed.. __________________ Who me?

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homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Smallest one I ever found was micro size. I used it in my keurig to auto fill it. Pretty sure it still won't fit in that jug. It barely fits in my keurig. Why would you want a mechanical float for? Auto filling the container? __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

04/23/2018, 02:00 PM	#6
NubbsJRN Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Posts: 127	Yep, just looking to install some redundant safetys. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk

04/25/2018, 06:08 AM	#7
perkint Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Robin hood country, UK Posts: 817	If it is for RO, the only small floats (which may not be small enough for that anyway) I have tried are not strong enough to stop the flow due to the pressure an RO unit will exert Stick another redundant switch and solenoid on so if one fails the other cuts in Tim