I like one of the Bermad models because you can arrange the float in an external well, which in turn can serve as a sight glass if you make the well out of Plexiglas or Lexan tube, and you can test it by draining the tube instead of the tank. Bermad calls it a Bi-Level Electric float. Look at the model FP 450-65.
Steve Leyton Protection Design & Consulting San Diego, CA -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Allan Seidel Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Float Valve Depending on the space conditions, sometimes you can create an open ended standpipe away from the tank (where there is more space and its easier to maintain) where you mount the float control away from the the actual valve and the tank. That way you can have the float mechanismm where it is easy to get to and the valve it controls in another location where it is easier to get to. The tank could be outside in the ground. Wherever you have the tank, it is the tank's filled surface elevation that drives whether or not this setup is possible. The CLA-VAL can have its float mounted distant from the valve. Note that these sensing type valves require the water pressure on the sensing lines to be at least a certain value to keep the valve closed. If you have the break tank because there is low pressure when drawing water, then the sensing line pressure might drop below the minimum value under certain conditions. The valve would appear as if it is not closing all the way. You can avoid that situation by connecting the sense line to the higher pressure side of your system instead of the incoming water side as is the factory default. Allan Seidel St. Louis, MO On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Charles Thurston <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello sprinklerforum, > > Having not ever needed to purchase one of these valves so I thought I > would > ask the collective advice of the experienced experts of this very useful > forum for advice. I have a location where there is a 4" float valve to > fill a break tank of about 8000 gallons from domestic water. The valve is > now leaking past and will not shutoff when the tank gets full. The owner > wants to replace the valve. It is a straight pattern valve FxF. Who makes > a good reliable valve for something like this? The top of the tank is > about 20 feet AFF IN a room with only about 2 feet between the walls of > the tank and the walls of the room. > > -- > Best regards, > Charles Thurston mailto:[email protected] > Coastal Fire Protection > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] > > To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected]<to%3ASprinklerforum-request@ firesprinkler.org> > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4294 (20090731) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4294 (20090731) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum For Technical Assistance, send an email to: [email protected] To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[email protected] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
