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why doesnt my sprinkler valve work?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:20 pm
by jdp204
i followed the how to on this sight but the valve is letting air through it.
anything i can do to dertimine why?
btw its the same valve as in the how to just its a 1" size and the diphram thing is black instead of tan.
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:50 pm
by PCGUY
Any chance your filling your cannon with a bike pump or something?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:01 pm
by spudshot
did you leave the noid in or epoxy the hole? bike pumps wont give enough flow to seal it, you might have tapped the hole too big, try loads of teflon tape on it, but dont force it in hard. when you tapped the hole some of the plastic shavings may have gotten inside, open it up, and blow everything out of there with compressed air.
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:02 pm
by BC Pneumatics
Is it on backwards?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:53 pm
by jdp204
im not using a bike pump. its letting air out of the barrell. ive siliconed the outdside of the hole, so its not leaking. im not sure if thier are some shaving in their, what would that do? i left the selenoid in the valve, should i take it out? this is frustrating, i think i might go buy a new one and power it electrical if i cant do this, is it usually easy?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:11 pm
by BC Pneumatics
Shavings will preent the diaphram from sealing. Seriously, make sure it is not on backwards...
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:25 pm
by jdp204
its not on backwards, the arrows point from chamber to barrell. im scared to buy another one and mess it up, it could get expensive and make me really mad if it doesnt work. i think it might be that my barbed adapter is leaking, even thought i sealed it. ill try blowing out the shavings. do you think ill mess it up again?
Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:41 pm
by BC Pneumatics
Only one way to find out....
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:46 am
by jdp204
well ill try it tomorrow and let you know how it goes. i hope i dont kill it again
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:55 pm
by BC Pneumatics
You can probably fix this one. Ar you sure you put the spring and everything back in after you cleaned it?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:41 pm
by julz
wait wait wait. so ur all saying that if i have a sprinkler valve and a bike pump it will leak? what if i have a good pump? this is gonna devestate my project
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:50 pm
by iamthewalrus
this problem was solved long ago, his valve leaked because he didnt appoxy it right, bike pumps work fine, thats how i fill my paintball sniper, and it has a sprinkler valve
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:51 pm
by julz
cool. i was worried there. so with a sprinkler valve i just folow the instructions on the site and epoxy up the gaps?
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:56 pm
by iamthewalrus
u just appoxy the hole where the solinoid used to be, i think u can just leave ithe solinoid in and not apoxy at all, but im not 100% on that.
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 4:59 pm
by julz
ok. and does the blowgun handle thing just open or close the diaphram? that's about the only oter thing i am unsure about