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What would happen if I just bypassed this garden water checkvalve?
I called Technical Support again: 1-855-663-9876x2x4
and I detail the answers so the NEXT person with a similar question can find the answers more easily. Zurn Wilkins (they don't call it Wilkins Zurn) tech support confirmed the (1) indicates it's a 1-inch fitting even though the OD of the pipe going in is clearly (much) greater than one inch in diameter. They told me to look for an additional (1") on the body and lo and behold, there it is (see this picture): http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/11346746.jpg They only sell one repair kit which is the RK34-975XL $43.20 (fits 3/4" and 1") This repair kit comes with the thicker upper check valve spring, the thinner lower check valve spring, 3 o-rings, 3 seals, etc., and as such is a "complete" repair kit. They said that Furgeson Enterprises sells them: http://www.ferguson.com So, I think we have our solution! |
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"Danny D." wrote: I detail the answers so the NEXT person with a similar question can find the answers more easily. Yeah, thanks, Donna. |
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What would happen if I just bypassed this garden water checkvalve?
On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 08:39:03 -0800, Smitty Two wrote:
On Tue, 06 Nov 2012 16:27:33 +0000, Danny D. wrote: They only sell one repair kit which is the RK34-975XL $43.20 (fits 3/4" and 1") I got a call that my repair kit is in so I'll snap a photo of it when I pick it up and let you guys know how it works out. |
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What would happen if I just bypassed this garden water checkvalve?
On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:06 +0000, Danny D. wrote:
I got a call that my repair kit is in so I'll snap a photo of it when I pick it up and let you guys know how it works out. Here is the Zurn Wilkins 950-XL backflow preventer repair kit. Hard to believe I paid fifty bucks for two springs and a couple of o-rings! http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/11363276.jpg |
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What would happen if I just bypassed this garden water check valve?
On Fri, 9 Nov 2012 03:42:18 +0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote: On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:06 +0000, Danny D. wrote: I got a call that my repair kit is in so I'll snap a photo of it when I pick it up and let you guys know how it works out. Here is the Zurn Wilkins 950-XL backflow preventer repair kit. Hard to believe I paid fifty bucks for two springs and a couple of o-rings! http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/11363276.jpg Worse is buying a four barrel carburetor kit and having parts left over. After all that, the engine runs great. |
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What would happen if I just bypassed this garden water check valve?
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"Danny D." wrote: On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:06 +0000, Danny D. wrote: I got a call that my repair kit is in so I'll snap a photo of it when I pick it up and let you guys know how it works out. Here is the Zurn Wilkins 950-XL backflow preventer repair kit. Hard to believe I paid fifty bucks for two springs and a couple of o-rings! http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/11363276.jpg You didn't. You paid $1 for the parts and $49 to the company for the considerable effort of making them available to you. The same ratio probably applies to a bottle of dish soap. |
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What would happen if I just bypassed this garden water check valve?
On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:40:42 -0800, Smitty Two
wrote: In article , "Danny D." wrote: On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:06 +0000, Danny D. wrote: I got a call that my repair kit is in so I'll snap a photo of it when I pick it up and let you guys know how it works out. Here is the Zurn Wilkins 950-XL backflow preventer repair kit. Hard to believe I paid fifty bucks for two springs and a couple of o-rings! http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/11363276.jpg You didn't. You paid $1 for the parts and $49 to the company for the considerable effort of making them available to you. The same ratio probably applies to a bottle of dish soap. Well, you could make the springs yourself. |
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What would happen if I just bypassed this garden water checkvalve?
On 11/8/2012 7:42 PM, Danny D. wrote:
On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 15:13:06 +0000, Danny D. wrote: I got a call that my repair kit is in so I'll snap a photo of it when I pick it up and let you guys know how it works out. Here is the Zurn Wilkins 950-XL backflow preventer repair kit. Hard to believe I paid fifty bucks for two springs and a couple of o-rings! http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/11363276.jpg I have a similar check valve, which I hate, since it tends to leak. When it does leak, I take it apart, clean it out without replacing parts, and wait until it leaks again. |
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What would happen if I just bypassed this garden water check valve?
On Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:02:30 -0800, Betsy wrote:
http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/11363276.jpg I have a similar check valve, which I hate, since it tends to leak. When it does leak, I take it apart, clean it out without replacing parts, and wait until it leaks again. What do you find when you clean the valve? (sand, small pebbles, some other debris) |
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What would happen if I just bypassed this garden water checkvalve?
On 11/6/2012 10:27 AM, Danny D. wrote:
I called Technical Support again: 1-855-663-9876x2x4 and I detail the answers so the NEXT person with a similar question can find the answers more easily. Zurn Wilkins (they don't call it Wilkins Zurn) tech support confirmed the (1) indicates it's a 1-inch fitting even though the OD of the pipe going in is clearly (much) greater than one inch in diameter. They told me to look for an additional (1") on the body and lo and behold, there it is (see this picture): http://www3.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/11346746.jpg They only sell one repair kit which is the RK34-975XL $43.20 (fits 3/4" and 1") This repair kit comes with the thicker upper check valve spring, the thinner lower check valve spring, 3 o-rings, 3 seals, etc., and as such is a "complete" repair kit. They said that Furgeson Enterprises sells them: http://www.ferguson.com So, I think we have our solution! I don't know where you are, but here we take them off in the winter months. We have coaches who run out to turn water on after our plumbers have blown down the lines for the winter. Lots of broken pipe after a good freeze. Just seems to work out better to undo the 2 unions and put the back flow preventer indoors. -- ___________________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . Dan G remove the seven |
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