MEP001
Well-known member
Just to be pedantic, the check valve is there on an unloader so when the flow stops at the gun (They're meant to be used with a full shutoff gun) the pressure is trapped in the line and the pump runs with no load.
Weep check valve...no, not that one.
- Thread starter I.B. Washincars
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MEP001
Well-known member
Yes, unfortunately it's not a very good check valve. I can't tell you how many times I've seen the brass get eroded and the poppet gets lodged in the outlet and blocks the flow. The guys that like unloaders and use them with weep guns I recommend to them that they remove the check.
That particular unloader was removed from service after about 7 years. There was no evidence of erosion. Usually they just start spiking pressure. The spring assembly just needs taken apart and cleaned. I don't see the problems you speak of.
mjwalsh
6 bay SS w/laundromat
2Biz & others,
I am still waiting for the day where some of us put our "brains together" & do a computer simulation showing every scenario of "tricky" flow issues. In other words showing within transparent hoses flow to & from all our combined components that happens normally & when a check valve fails etc.
Maybe someday one of us with even low level skills of 3D Max or open source Blender etc. will volunteer. There are ton of tutorials on YouTube ... it actually would not have to look that pretty ... it just seems it would be a better way of showing the internal what-evers when it comes to check valves.
No no no ... not me ... I am not a person totally "spaced out" on Virtual Reality.
I am still waiting for the day where some of us put our "brains together" & do a computer simulation showing every scenario of "tricky" flow issues. In other words showing within transparent hoses flow to & from all our combined components that happens normally & when a check valve fails etc.
Maybe someday one of us with even low level skills of 3D Max or open source Blender etc. will volunteer. There are ton of tutorials on YouTube ... it actually would not have to look that pretty ... it just seems it would be a better way of showing the internal what-evers when it comes to check valves.
No no no ... not me ... I am not a person totally "spaced out" on Virtual Reality.
