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pilot valve

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:50 am
by King_TaTer
Okay i would appreciate it if someone can tell me what the fastest pilot valve is. before you yell at me i already checked out the wiki and couldn't find what i wanted. Please and thank you... :D :!:

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:13 pm
by noname
Try a 6" ball valve.

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:18 pm
by King_TaTer
are you sure i thought that ball valves were relatively slow... well thats wat it told me in the wiki. :?

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:30 pm
by squeaks
He's just joking. A good pilot valve depends upon your pilot volume. A QEV would probably be the best but those are usually pretty expensive. In most circumstances a small ball valve will work for a pilot, but if you want to get a little more fancy you can pilot through a sprinkler valve, modded or electrical.

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 12:44 pm
by noname
He actually took me seriously. :lol: I probably shouldn't do that to new people, but i couldn't resist. Plus, a 6" ball valve would work fine. The bigger the better.

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 1:45 pm
by FiveseveN
I think I've seen modded sprinkler valves used as pilots :D That's a bit extreme if you ask me, but, sure, it all depends on the pilot volume and type of main valve. A decent solenoid, modded or not, or QEV should do the trick.

Brain poop: we should start using burst disks as pilot valves. Beat that! :D

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:26 pm
by Scope
someone should make a triggerable burst disk... like a disk that u can pressurize really high without it breaking then maybe a moveable arm with a arrow head on the end so that you could break it..

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:55 pm
by noname
People have done that with ammo. Just get a dowel, pound a nail through, sharpen in, drop it down the barrel, and it pops the disc. Looks like a mortar when it shoots.

Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:54 pm
by King_TaTer
thanks for the advice guys i appreciate it ... lol i wasnt sure if you were joking or not up there lol (noname)... my bad

King_TaTer

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 2:30 pm
by POS
you could also make a second piston valve, and triger that with whatever. A sprinkler valve is a good pilot valve to.

Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:19 pm
by King_TaTer
thanks ill try that