From: "Hendrik W. M. van Eeden" <hvaneeden-AT-comcast.net>
Date: 11 May 2008 14:10:17 UTC   (06:10:17 PM in author's locale)
To: xtensionlist-AT-shed.com

Chuck,
Do you have a part or order number?

Henk


On May 11, 2008, at 3:52 PM, Chuck wrote:

> This is why I have a redundant system.
>
> I have a nice ASCO Redhat valve that is NC and it is on the water
> line as the city water enters the house. It will turn off when there
> is no one in the house. After certain sensors are silent for a few
> hours it turns off the valve and there will be no water in the whole
> house no matter what is on.
>
> Then I have another ASCO valve that is also NC and will turn on
> water to the sprinklers.
>
> These valves are not cheap and run about $140 for the manual
> override one and about $120 for the regular one. I use the manual
> override one as the primary in case there is a power outage.
>
> If one fails then the other will not work. I am like you in that I
> don't want to come home to with a $1000 water bill. I have had them
> in for about 10 years now and they are working just fine.
>
> Of course in Chuck's situation there is no love with anything in his
> system so all my backups would have failed.
>
> The best system would be a mechanical one that would be powered by
> the flowing water. As the water flowed it slowly closed a valve.
> Then the valve would have to be opened manually or by a servo. Then
> if the system failed it would not reset the valve and there would
> not be water flowing. The worst is that plants would die.
>
> Chuck
>
> On May 11, 2008, at 12:38 PM, Hendrik W. M. van Eeden wrote:
>
>> This is my worst fear, the sprinklers fdail to turn off when I am
>> on vacation and the are on for a week or so.
>>
>>
>> Henk
>>
>>
>>
>> On May 11, 2008, at 10:29 AM, Chuck Pelto wrote:
>>
>>> This morning I awoke to the sound of running water. Not that that
>>> is a disaster, as in a broken water pipe, rather the sprinkler
>>> system was still on, when it should have been of.
>>
>