What compact float (or other sort of level sensitive) valves will cope
OK with mains water pressure of around 5 bar? It also needs to be
able to cope with being outdoors and, probably, freezing occasionally.

This is to set up a chicken (and possibly dog) waterer. We already
have some horse waterers which just have 'ordinary' long arm with a
ball on the end float valves and they seem to cope pretty well with
being outdoors but I want something to put in a much smaller container
of some sort.

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Chris Green
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Chris Green wrote:
What compact float (or other sort of level sensitive) valves will cope
OK with mains water pressure of around 5 bar? It also needs to be
able to cope with being outdoors and, probably, freezing occasionally.

This is to set up a chicken (and possibly dog) waterer. We already
have some horse waterers which just have 'ordinary' long arm with a
ball on the end float valves and they seem to cope pretty well with
being outdoors but I want something to put in a much smaller container
of some sort.


A side entry Torbeck valve is pretty compact. Eg.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/282113703129

I once fitted one inside a 2.5L paint pot to make a €œmini-cistern€� to dunk
my submersible water pump into back in my caravanning days if we had access
to a suitable tap.

Probably okay at 5 bar but you might save yourself some grief by fitting a
pressure reducing valve to the supply.

Tim

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