float type level control valve thing

saylor

saylor

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Hi all -
I saw a 100% PVC float-type valve somewhere on the interweb - it basically looked like a ping-pong ball inside a strainer,,, but now I cannot find it again.
The water level rises, pushing up the ping pong ball into the tube, thereby shutting off the incoming water. As the water level lowers, the ping pong ball dislodges and permits flow again.
Anyone know the name of this item and where to obtain one ?
Thanks -
- Saylor
 
saylor

saylor

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the one i saw is sort of like the ones at hudsonvalve.com , , ,but its a little different.
the hudson valve is the closest Ive seen so far anyways. . .
 
braydonosu

braydonosu

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That may just be to ATO system that I have been looking for. The only ones that I could find were the $100 ATO that electrifies an outlet when the water gets low, on with a big float valve, or one that relies on an air tight container that i could not get to be air tigh and still have a way to fill it back up. I think that I'll try this system here within the next few weeks and report back.
 
saylor

saylor

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cool cool -
i think rigging a toilet-bowl float is gonna be tacky, and needs room for the arm to move, etc. And they fail in the toilet, how is this gonna be different?
This ball float thing would be so much cooler. I've contacted hudsonvalve.com and some other MFGrs to see about what they think.
i need one thats 100% plastic.
I think this, combined with a relief hole in the siphon tube, would do it.
 
saylor

saylor

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ahh indeed. I neglected to mention that my sump/fuge/ is under-tank :/
I wish mine would be above tank, but I got a package deal on all of it and this is what came with it :)
I heard im gonna kill most of the copepods, etc, pumping them thru the pump up to the main tank.
 
salt210

salt210

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Originally Posted by saylor
http:///forum/post/3026830
ahh indeed. I neglected to mention that my sump/fuge/ is under-tank :/
I wish mine would be above tank, but I got a package deal on all of it and this is what came with it :)
I heard im gonna kill most of the copepods, etc, pumping them thru the pump up to the main tank.
unfortunately they have to pass the pump at some point
 
chevyrulzs2010

chevyrulzs2010

Member
Ok, not to go off topic, but reading this just made me think...
If i wanted to make my own over flow, and i was worried about losing siphon, wouldnt a valve like this on the end of the over flow work? the ball would float down and stop the flow before any air could get in right? any ideas on this?
 
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