From: Chuck <xtension4osx-AT-mac.com>
Date: 11 May 2008 22:26:05 UTC   (03:26:05 PM in author's locale)
To: xtensionlist-AT-shed.com

This is the main valve I have coming into the house. It has manual
override.

www.ascovalve.com/Applications/ProductSearch/ProductInfo.aspx?
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Long link.

Chuck

On May 11, 2008, at 3:10 PM, Hendrik W. M. van Eeden wrote:

> 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.
>>>
>>
>