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Mark Peterson 
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 Topic: best auto top off valve?
Posted: July 23 2005 at 9:09am |
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Which is better, less apt to fail? The swamp cooler type of valve or the electronic float valve?
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Posted: July 23 2005 at 10:39am |
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I haven't had my electronic Float for too long, but I love it!
I've only had one Swamp style float fail on me, (stick on) don't know what
happened just came home to five gallons on the floor.
I still use that style on my cooler, and my RO unit. Niether of those have
failed for me.
I would guess the electronic is more likely to fail. They use a reed switch
and very very small guage wire, like a 20awg
But their failure I'd imagine would be in the OFF position.
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Posted: July 23 2005 at 12:13pm |
I've never used the swamp cooler type, only the electronic. If done properly, I don't think there should be much difference in failure rates.
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Posted: July 23 2005 at 2:17pm |
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You can get switches from floatswitches.net for really cheap so you can put two or more of them in series so you shouldn't have any catastrophic failures.
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Posted: July 23 2005 at 11:53pm |
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I have been very happy with my kent float valve. It is an all plastic design vs the swamp cooler style
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Posted: July 24 2005 at 10:18pm |
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What does it look like, how does it work?
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