shitty float valve.

[Snob]

so i woke up this morning to a flooded veg room.

the float for the RO shutoff decided to stop working. fuck my life.

anyone know of a better more secure way to auto shut this off?

 

[Caliverner]

Dammmm mine works fine just like yours

 

[Snob]

Dammmm mine works fine just like yours

its worked no issues since January.. I dont understand what happened.

 

[Caliverner]

I don't know fuck is it in your grow room ? Clean and dry well man don't want mold spores and all that bs

 

[Snob]

I don't know fuck is it in your grow room ? Clean and dry well man don't want mold spores and all that bs

Its on the wall outside the room. so it overflowed and then went under the wall into the veg room to settle. spent all morning cleaning up the mess. now im paranoid about leaving the thing on again.

 

[Caliverner]

Its on the wall outside the room. so it overflowed and then went under the wall into the veg room to settle. spent all morning cleaning up the mess. now im paranoid about leaving the thing on again.

Yah I wouldn't set that shit up outside my res is on wheels set up some fans in there to help dry

 

[oswizzle]

Bro I lost a warehouse doing the same thing.....

Do yourself a favor and use these.... They shit on everything else float valve related

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[2com]

This is the type of incident I'm wanting to ensure doesn't happen.

Anybody know the safest setup for an auto top off?

 

[Lordhooha]

I’ve never had one fail. Same kind as the one you have. Some are years old. When you clean up and drain some out op check that thing and see what’s going on. Make sure the line is still seated into the valve properly. They can at times back out causing them to not function proper.

 

[Lordhooha]

Either that or the auto shut off on the ro depending on the manufacturer has gone bad which would where I’d look first.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Once the float valve is triggered to turn off and you use the water. Do you re-set the valve?

 

[Lordhooha]

Once the float valve is triggered to turn off and you use the water. Do you re-set the valve?

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The valve will cut on and off on its own just like a toilet. No need to jack with them.

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

The valve will cut on and off on its own just like a toilet. No need to jack with them.

My float valve was like $8-12 I’ve had it stick down and not shut off after using the water.
Woke up to my fish room flooding lol.
now I just give it a jiggle every time I empty it just to be safe,no issues for like 7-8 years

 

[Lordhooha]

My float valve was like $8-12 I’ve had it stick down and not shut off after using the water.
Woke up to my fish room flooding lol.
now I just give it a jiggle every time I empty it just to be safe,no issues for like 7-8 years

Interesting mine I use are just the simple hydrologic ones fairly cheap like 10 bucks.

 

[2com]

Interesting mine I use are just the simple hydrologic ones fairly cheap like 10 bucks.

I had one of those hydrologic kicking around somewhere. It was out of the packaging, but I think I found it on amazon, I wasn't sure of the size, but I think it's 3/8". I *think* that's the o.d. of the hose or pipe to be used with it, it's quick connect. Problem is it doesn't tell you exactly if that's the o.d. and what type of hose/piipe.

What type of hose should I search for? 3/8" o.d. polypropylene, for example?

 

[WubbaLubbaDubDub]

Mines 1/4.I think that’s standard for hobby level RO units, I’ve just got a 75GPD 5 stage unit.

Edit-there are two common sizes for r/o 3/8 which is large and the most common 1/4(pinch bigger than airline)

 

[GBAUTO]

The valve will cut on and off on its own just like a toilet. No need to jack with them.

Exactly.
They are usually simple needle/seat valves operated by a float.
The most common failure point is going to be debris in the valve, not the valve itself.
Maintenance is probably a good idea.

 

[guitarguy10]

This is what scared me away from the one DWC attempt I had and back to coco or soilless.

Sorry I have no suggestion other then a redundant valve, or a scale attached to a microcontroller that if it gets too full (aka weighs too much) it shuts off or alerts you or something.

 

[trxtom]

put a water alarm on the floor if it gets wet it is loud as hell,like for a water heater, cheap insurance

 

[osowhom]

put a water alarm on the floor if it gets wet it is loud as hell,like for a water heater, cheap insurance

or smuggle in a mexican to keep an eye on the float it worked for me and he didnt mind it was honest work