From: Chuck <xtension4osx-AT-mac.com>
Date: 12 May 2008 00:40:43 UTC   (05:40:43 PM in author's locale)
To: xtensionlist-AT-shed.com

I might be able to get them cheaper. I got my first one about 10
years ago for about $125 or so.

Let me check around and see what I can find. I get contractor pricing
and that is usually a lot less than MSRP.

Chuck

On May 11, 2008, at 5:07 PM, Hendrik W. M. van Eeden wrote:

> You are right. $230.00 is not cheap!
>
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> Henk
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> On May 11, 2008, at 6:26 PM, Chuck wrote:
>
>> This is the main valve I have coming into the house. It has manual
>> override.
>>
>> www.ascovalve.com/Applications/ProductSearch/
>> ProductInfo.aspx?
>> productid=8210G009MOAC120/60,110/50D&userAction=view&userSelection=sc
>> aleType%3DEnglish%26family%3D1%26valvefunc%3D%26pipesz%3D%
>> 26bodymtrl%3D%26filterdescription%3D%26operatortype%3D%26mediatype%
>> 3D%26pressure%3D%26volt%3D%26productid%3D8210g9mo%26pagenum%3D1%
>> 26sortColumn%3DproductType%26sortOrder%3D0%26prodType%3Dall%
>> 26cmalias%3D&newView=yes
>>
>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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