Posted by John H on September 15, 2007, 4:29 pm
A couple of my 3/4 inch valve adapters need replacing and I was wondering if
I should spring for the all brass ones
that go for 50$ or the original plastic ones for 20$. These valves sit out
in front of the house so the brass ones would look nicer but I need another
reason before springing 100 bones for 2 of them. Do the brass ones last a
*conciderably* longer time?
Posted by xPosTech on September 15, 2007, 7:30 pm
On 9/15/2007 3:29 PM, John H wrote:
> A couple of my 3/4 inch valve adapters need replacing and I was wondering if
> I should spring for the all brass ones
> that go for 50$ or the original plastic ones for 20$. These valves sit out
> in front of the house so the brass ones would look nicer but I need another
> reason before springing 100 bones for 2 of them. Do the brass ones last a
> *conciderably* longer time?
>
>
Adapting what to what?
--
Ted
I wasn't born in Texas but
I got back here as soon as I could
When you earnestly believe you can compensate for a lack of skill by
doubling your efforts, there's no end to what you can't do.
Posted by John H on September 15, 2007, 10:02 pm
> On 9/15/2007 3:29 PM, John H wrote:
>> A couple of my 3/4 inch valve adapters need replacing and I was wondering
>> if I should spring for the all brass ones
>> that go for 50$ or the original plastic ones for 20$. These valves sit
>> out in front of the house so the brass ones would look nicer but I need
>> another reason before springing 100 bones for 2 of them. Do the brass
>> ones last a *conciderably* longer time?
> Adapting what to what?
adapts a manual valve to auto sprinklers, its has the solinoid on top. HD
has two qualities
the 20 dollar plastic and 50 dollar brass one.
Posted by xPosTech on September 15, 2007, 11:29 pm
On 9/15/2007 9:02 PM, John H wrote:
>> On 9/15/2007 3:29 PM, John H wrote:
>>> A couple of my 3/4 inch valve adapters need replacing and I was wondering
>>> if I should spring for the all brass ones
>>> that go for 50$ or the original plastic ones for 20$. These valves sit
>>> out in front of the house so the brass ones would look nicer but I need
>>> another reason before springing 100 bones for 2 of them. Do the brass
>>> ones last a *conciderably* longer time?
>> Adapting what to what?
>
> adapts a manual valve to auto sprinklers, its has the solinoid on top. HD
> has two qualities
> the 20 dollar plastic and 50 dollar brass one.
>
>
Do you mean an in-line valve? Like this?:
http://tinyurl.com/2r35xp
Or do you mean a manual valve to control auto sprinklers? Not just like
this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber ”377
but a manifold with manual valves for several zones?
I've never seen sprinkler system valves sitting out in front of the
house to look at. Maybe I should just keep quiet but trying to help.
--
Ted
I wasn't born in Texas but
I got back here as soon as I could
When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most
trivial of things can become deadly projectiles.
Posted by Dave on September 17, 2007, 1:38 am
> On 9/15/2007 9:02 PM, John H wrote:
>>> On 9/15/2007 3:29 PM, John H wrote:
>>>> A couple of my 3/4 inch valve adapters need replacing and I was
>>>> wondering if I should spring for the all brass ones
>>>> that go for 50$ or the original plastic ones for 20$. These valves
>>>> sit out in front of the house so the brass ones would look nicer but I
>>>> need another reason before springing 100 bones for 2 of them. Do the
>>>> brass ones last a *conciderably* longer time?
>>> Adapting what to what?
>>
>> adapts a manual valve to auto sprinklers, its has the solinoid on top. HD
>> has two qualities
>> the 20 dollar plastic and 50 dollar brass one.
> Do you mean an in-line valve? Like this?:
> http://tinyurl.com/2r35xp
> Or do you mean a manual valve to control auto sprinklers? Not just like
> this:
> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber ”377
> but a manifold with manual valves for several zones?
> I've never seen sprinkler system valves sitting out in front of the house
> to look at. Maybe I should just keep quiet but trying to help.
> --
> Ted
> I wasn't born in Texas but
> I got back here as soon as I could
> When the winds of change blow hard enough, the most
> trivial of things can become deadly projectiles.
Would think a brass one, if exposed to the elements aboveground, would be
nice. Have to keep the green stuff off of it, polish it alot. Even amidst
the sprinklers running. Impressions are important.
Okay, I'm being a little humorous. All my plumbing here is PVC except the
interior of the house. Got one PVC pipe jutting out of the ground by the
detached garage for a PVC water faucet for a garden hose. Don't have any
sprinkling system. My neighbor, canty-corner from me, has an all
brass/copper system for sprinkling.. Every other morning I run through his
runoff that's in the street. Was even less impressed last year in the
middle of a drought.
Brass is primarily used where dissimilar metals are concerned. This is
functional, not impressionistic.
Dave
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> I should spring for the all brass ones
> that go for 50$ or the original plastic ones for 20$. These valves sit out
> in front of the house so the brass ones would look nicer but I need another
> reason before springing 100 bones for 2 of them. Do the brass ones last a
> *conciderably* longer time?
>
>