Thank you for posting the video. 1) the valve you are using a solenoid valve or ball valve? Is it a normally open (electric current) valve where the value is closed no water going through. I currently have a N.O. value ties into a pump so it always powered , the valve is closed. When the float goes down the power goes off and the valve opens to let water through. It is a little hot so I like what you said, no power until float is down. Thanks
It is a solenoid valve that is normally closed! It is is hooked up to an electrical float located in the water tank where the solenoid valve is located. So what happens is this, anytime a faucet is opened the well motor comes on to provide water to that particular pump. So the important thing for the system is that it is regulated by a pressure gauge...30-50 lbs. As soon as the faucet is closed the pressure comes up to 50 lbs the pump shuts off. But the water will not pump into the water tank because the float has not provided the power to activate the solenoid valve. It is part of the main well, yet controlled individually. Works very well for me. I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for watching.
You do know that valve is not for drinking water for that type of Brass and as corodes will leech lead into your water supply. That is for irrigation and other types of fluid. Lead never leaves your body.
Good morning George & Woon. How are you guys today? It's been a long time I haven't visited your channel. I see you guys already progressed a lot. Catch you guys again next time, Bye!! 😊
Well good morning to you. Thanks for returning, and thanks for watching. Yes we have come a long way, and have a long way to go. However we believe that little by little you can move a mountain. So we will keep at it until our plan is done.
I'm looking for a valve that I can install on a 1/2 inch copper water pipe that will turn water on and off remotely from 50 feet away as soon as the power comes on or goes off. The way I plan to turn power on and off is with one of those remote electric receptacles people use to remotely turn their outdoor Christmas lights on and off. Anything you plug into that receptacle will turn on or off by pushing a button on a small hand held remote. Reason I'm needing this is because I put a water hose reel beside my driveway to rinse off the cars but it is connected to a water line in the backyard. I only want the water to go to the water hose on demand when needed but I don't want to have to go to the back yard to turn it on or off. There's a 6 foot fence between my cars and the back yard so the only way to turn the hose on and off is to go in backyard, turn on the valve, then walk through the house and out front to the driveway, spray off the cars and then go back in the house and out the back door to the back yard and turn the water valve off. I plan to keep the on/off button remote in my car. When I push the on button, it will power the receptacle in the back yard which in turn will supply power to the water valve I place on the 1/2 inch copper line. Do you know what kind of valve I would use for this? I have live power right next to where I want to install the valve. I'll plug my remote Christmas light receptacle into the live power and then turn it on and off with the remote inside my car. I don't like to rely on wifi stuff involving an app on my phone to do this, hence the reason for the Christmas light plug and hand held remote.
Before I answer your question I am assuming that there is water pressure up to the shut-off valve in the backyard. If this is true, all you need to do is add shut off in the front yard by your house r e e l. Now I don't know how that shut off valve is set up in the backyard. But if it is only for the hose in the front yard then remove the valve in the backyard so the water continues to the front yard and at the shut-off valve there. So all you are doing in essence is moving the location of the water shut off valve. And you will need no electrical power. Let me know exactly how the water gets to the back yard shut off valve and if it is used for something else at the same time. If it is used for something else at the same time, then t off from the pressure side and that the audit off valve in the front yard. If you do not have constant water pressure, tell me why not. Then I will be able to give you my opinion and advice. Thanks for watching.
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon In the backyard I installed a Deionized water tank that creates spot free water for rinsing the cars off in driveway. The DI tank gets 50 PSI water pressure from a cold water 1/2 inch copper line tapped from my kitchen sink supply line out back. We wanted the DI tank in the backyard because it doesn't look that nice if I put it out front; its a big ugly tank and the wife didn't want it out front. Problem I have is the company that provides the DI tank tells me I should not leave water pressure turned on to the DI tank when I'm not using it because they can blow the cap off the top, they say it happens a lot. I've been leaving it on to feed the hose spigot out front up until now until they said not to. But since the DI tank is out back, I'm having to turn it on out back to feed the water spigot out by the driveway. Between my cars and the DI tank is a 6 foot privacy fence and about 30 feet. So I need to somehow be able to turn on the water to the DI tank out back from the driveway so it feeds my spigot on demand when needed. Other issue is because if you have a water hose out front that can easily be turned on out front, the homeless people will take a bath in your hose at night and some during the day as well in broad daylight. I don't want anyone from the street to be able to just walk up my driveway and use my DI water because the filters are expensive and its only for rinsing the cars off, not taking a bath or any other purpose. I figured, I would look for a powered valve to put on the 1/2 inch water line before the DI tank and plug it into one of my remote receptacles we use for the Christmas lights as the remote works up to 100 feet to turn the power on and off. I'd then keep the remote in my car to turn on the water when needed. US Solid isn't answering their calls so I don't know which one to buy as it will need to have a plug on it. They also have a lot of 1/2 inch valves so its hard to determine which one I need and how I'd power it because they are all low voltage.
@@MercedesMechanic Ok. So there are several problems here. First the company that you got theDI tank from is correct. To solve this you need a float to stop the flow of water after it is full. A mechanical float would be good for this. The only issue you would have is making sure you have enough room inside the tank for the float to move freely. Then of course you need to move the water to the front yard. The question I have is, do you have enough gravity pressure to get the water to the front yard. Of course if you have a pump feeding the water to the front yard that would be perfect. Do you? So this is the solution I see from what I understand. Obviously you have been using the water as it is from your tank to the front yard, correct. If yes, then install a shut-off valve near the front yard so you can use it without going to the tank. And at the tank install a mechanical float to turn off the water when the level reaches whatever level you have chosen. The water coming from your kitchen can remain on because the float would turn it on and off as needed. You would have no need to install any kind of electrical valve. Hope this helps. If there is something I am not understanding or anything you don't understand please let me know I will continue to answer any comment that you might have. Good luck.
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon You didn't understand what I'm trying to do. The DI tank looks like a giant scuba tank one would use for diving. You cannot put anything in it, it contains a resin inside it that turns regular tap water into pure water by removing all the minerals from the water to eliminate spotting on your car. My water pressure is set to 60psi and I connected a 1/2 copper line to the kitchen sink cold supply just outside my kitchen, the water line to my kitchen is just under the house so I tapped it, then I placed a ball valve on the line coming off of it. That ball valve when turned on will supply water to my DI tank. Then theres a pvc line that leaves the DI tank and runs alongside my house all the way out to my driveway out front. There it connects to a hose spigot which I have a water hose connected to. The only way the spigot out front will work is to turn on the ball valve in the back yard. So, all I wanted to do was have water on demand to the spigot out by the driveway.
To do this, I hooked an Orbit sprinkler system with remote and a sprinkler valve to the water line just before the DI tank. The system has a remote control I keep in the car out front. That remote will now turn water on and off from the driveway with the push of a button. Problem solved.
Good day. My air tyfon is not working correctly. It can start, but it did not stop by itself. Solenoid valve is opened but could not to close. Tyfon only stop when closed air inlet valve manually. May be you now what can be the reason?
Good day to you also. I'm sorry but I must ask. When you say a i r tyfon, are you referring to some kind of air horn or something like that? Let me know so I can understand what you are talking about and what the question is. I will answer your response. Thanks for watching
Hello and thank you for watching. First of all you have to have a power source to match the solenoid valve. In the case of my valve it is a 220 volt AC valve. Therefore it is just normal house power. If you are using a 24V DC you must have a power supply that you connect to your house plug and it converts and supplies the needed 24V DC power. The solenoid valves are available in 12V DC, 24V DC, 110V AC, 220V AC either open or closed. What this means is that pending on what part of the world you find yourself you must match the valve with the available power in your country. Here we have 220V AC, so I could use a 220V AC valve or a DC valve that accepts 220V AC to convert to DC power. Now the open or closed depends on whether you need the water to always be running (open) or always off (closed). I needed the water to only come on when the water in the tank was used, therefore closed. So I hope this helped you. If you have more questions feel free to comment and I will answer your questions. Thanks, have a great day. Good luck with your installation.
Well it depends on what you are trying to do. Are you trying to have the water run all the time and then shut off and then on again (open valve)...or are you trying to keep the water off and then run and then on off (close valve)? You must tell me what you are trying to do. And also what kind of power you have available. Thanks for watching.
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon im trying to put that into pipe before pressure thank i want to open the valve wen motor is running and i want it off if motor is not running i need 230volts ac
Because our motor is running even it is not in used something the stock in pressure tank is has a leak but not in our side somewhere in pipeline not after the tank i already check..
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon thats why i want that solenoid valve before pressure tank i will use it to act like swing valve. Water can flow but cant go backward interms of running the motor.
@@butzbravo6096 Hello Again. What controls the motor is pressure. So if you have an automatic pump shut off it is internal. Another way to control the pump is with a pressure regulator, and of course you can shut it off by hand by unplugging or adding a shut off switch. The solenoid valve will not do that. Now if you have a leak your pressure will never build up so the pump will continue to run until it burns out. First you must fix the leak and have the pump turn on and off by itself before you can add a solenoid valve. The solenoid valve is controlled by an electrical float valve that goes inside your tank. As the water level changes the pump will turn on and the then turn off as it reaches the water level you have chosen by the electrical float valve. Do you know if you have an automatic pressure shut off for your pump? Where is the water coming from, a well? Find and fix the leak first, this is a must.
Where are you located? If you are not in Thailand you would not be able to purchase the valve at the same place that I did. Let me know and I will help you out in anyway that I can.
I would recommend the AC simply because it would probably be easier to maintain. With the AC all you would do is run one wire and you have your voltage there and that’s it. With the sea you would need a battery, a charger, or some kind of AC to DC converter. And if you’re going to do that you already have the AC there available. Thanks for watching thank you for your comment.
I hear you, and there is no danger of electrocution for two reasons. One it is in a locked room with no access to anyone. To any time that hi work on it the main power is off before going into the room. Thanks for the comment. Thanks for watching.
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon😃.... Yes yes yes... Your video gave me a great idea to redirect the water from my shower to a plastic container I put underground with a pump to water my fruit trees... The solenoid is all I need so I don't n have to manually open it and close it once the water is full.😋 Now how far do you think my house in California is from yours, I'm bringing my shovel to help you level that tank that went sideways lol... Thank you for the video again 😁
Looks good bud! Hope you are having a great day!
Thank you my friend. I am having a great day! You do the same.
awesome grandpa😄
Thank you !
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon 😄
Thank you for posting the video. 1) the valve you are using a solenoid valve or ball valve? Is it a normally open (electric current) valve where the value is closed no water going through.
I currently have a N.O. value ties into a pump so it always powered , the valve is closed. When the float goes down the power goes off and the valve opens to let water through. It is a little hot so I like what you said, no power until float is down. Thanks
It is a solenoid valve that is normally closed! It is is hooked up to an electrical float located in the water tank where the solenoid valve is located. So what happens is this, anytime a faucet is opened the well motor comes on to provide water to that particular pump. So the important thing for the system is that it is regulated by a pressure gauge...30-50 lbs. As soon as the faucet is closed the pressure comes up to 50 lbs the pump shuts off. But the water will not pump into the water tank because the float has not provided the power to activate the solenoid valve. It is part of the main well, yet controlled individually. Works very well for me. I am glad it worked for you. Thanks for watching.
You do know that valve is not for drinking water for that type of Brass and as corodes will leech lead into your water supply. That is for irrigation and other types of fluid. Lead never leaves your body.
Thank you for your comment. Yes, you need NSF certified valves for potable water. Thanks for watching.
Good morning George & Woon. How are you guys today? It's been a long time I haven't visited your channel. I see you guys already progressed a lot. Catch you guys again next time, Bye!! 😊
Well good morning to you. Thanks for returning, and thanks for watching. Yes we have come a long way, and have a long way to go. However we believe that little by little you can move a mountain. So we will keep at it until our plan is done.
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon Keep up the awesome work & Good Luck 👍👍💪
I'm looking for a valve that I can install on a 1/2 inch copper water pipe that will turn water on and off remotely from 50 feet away as soon as the power comes on or goes off. The way I plan to turn power on and off is with one of those remote electric receptacles people use to remotely turn their outdoor Christmas lights on and off. Anything you plug into that receptacle will turn on or off by pushing a button on a small hand held remote. Reason I'm needing this is because I put a water hose reel beside my driveway to rinse off the cars but it is connected to a water line in the backyard. I only want the water to go to the water hose on demand when needed but I don't want to have to go to the back yard to turn it on or off. There's a 6 foot fence between my cars and the back yard so the only way to turn the hose on and off is to go in backyard, turn on the valve, then walk through the house and out front to the driveway, spray off the cars and then go back in the house and out the back door to the back yard and turn the water valve off. I plan to keep the on/off button remote in my car. When I push the on button, it will power the receptacle in the back yard which in turn will supply power to the water valve I place on the 1/2 inch copper line. Do you know what kind of valve I would use for this? I have live power right next to where I want to install the valve. I'll plug my remote Christmas light receptacle into the live power and then turn it on and off with the remote inside my car. I don't like to rely on wifi stuff involving an app on my phone to do this, hence the reason for the Christmas light plug and hand held remote.
Before I answer your question I am assuming that there is water pressure up to the shut-off valve in the backyard. If this is true, all you need to do is add shut off in the front yard by your house r e e l. Now I don't know how that shut off valve is set up in the backyard. But if it is only for the hose in the front yard then remove the valve in the backyard so the water continues to the front yard and at the shut-off valve there. So all you are doing in essence is moving the location of the water shut off valve. And you will need no electrical power. Let me know exactly how the water gets to the back yard shut off valve and if it is used for something else at the same time. If it is used for something else at the same time, then t off from the pressure side and that the audit off valve in the front yard. If you do not have constant water pressure, tell me why not. Then I will be able to give you my opinion and advice. Thanks for watching.
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon In the backyard I installed a Deionized water tank that creates spot free water for rinsing the cars off in driveway. The DI tank gets 50 PSI water pressure from a cold water 1/2 inch copper line tapped from my kitchen sink supply line out back. We wanted the DI tank in the backyard because it doesn't look that nice if I put it out front; its a big ugly tank and the wife didn't want it out front. Problem I have is the company that provides the DI tank tells me I should not leave water pressure turned on to the DI tank when I'm not using it because they can blow the cap off the top, they say it happens a lot. I've been leaving it on to feed the hose spigot out front up until now until they said not to. But since the DI tank is out back, I'm having to turn it on out back to feed the water spigot out by the driveway. Between my cars and the DI tank is a 6 foot privacy fence and about 30 feet. So I need to somehow be able to turn on the water to the DI tank out back from the driveway so it feeds my spigot on demand when needed. Other issue is because if you have a water hose out front that can easily be turned on out front, the homeless people will take a bath in your hose at night and some during the day as well in broad daylight. I don't want anyone from the street to be able to just walk up my driveway and use my DI water because the filters are expensive and its only for rinsing the cars off, not taking a bath or any other purpose. I figured, I would look for a powered valve to put on the 1/2 inch water line before the DI tank and plug it into one of my remote receptacles we use for the Christmas lights as the remote works up to 100 feet to turn the power on and off. I'd then keep the remote in my car to turn on the water when needed. US Solid isn't answering their calls so I don't know which one to buy as it will need to have a plug on it. They also have a lot of 1/2 inch valves so its hard to determine which one I need and how I'd power it because they are all low voltage.
@@MercedesMechanic Ok. So there are several problems here. First the company that you got theDI tank from is correct. To solve this you need a float to stop the flow of water after it is full. A mechanical float would be good for this. The only issue you would have is making sure you have enough room inside the tank for the float to move freely. Then of course you need to move the water to the front yard. The question I have is, do you have enough gravity pressure to get the water to the front yard. Of course if you have a pump feeding the water to the front yard that would be perfect. Do you? So this is the solution I see from what I understand. Obviously you have been using the water as it is from your tank to the front yard, correct. If yes, then install a shut-off valve near the front yard so you can use it without going to the tank. And at the tank install a mechanical float to turn off the water when the level reaches whatever level you have chosen. The water coming from your kitchen can remain on because the float would turn it on and off as needed. You would have no need to install any kind of electrical valve. Hope this helps. If there is something I am not understanding or anything you don't understand please let me know I will continue to answer any comment that you might have. Good luck.
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon You didn't understand what I'm trying to do. The DI tank looks like a giant scuba tank one would use for diving. You cannot put anything in it, it contains a resin inside it that turns regular tap water into pure water by removing all the minerals from the water to eliminate spotting on your car. My water pressure is set to 60psi and I connected a 1/2 copper line to the kitchen sink cold supply just outside my kitchen, the water line to my kitchen is just under the house so I tapped it, then I placed a ball valve on the line coming off of it. That ball valve when turned on will supply water to my DI tank. Then theres a pvc line that leaves the DI tank and runs alongside my house all the way out to my driveway out front. There it connects to a hose spigot which I have a water hose connected to. The only way the spigot out front will work is to turn on the ball valve in the back yard. So, all I wanted to do was have water on demand to the spigot out by the driveway.
To do this, I hooked an Orbit sprinkler system with remote and a sprinkler valve to the water line just before the DI tank. The system has a remote control I keep in the car out front. That remote will now turn water on and off from the driveway with the push of a button. Problem solved.
sir, my question is, is the solenoid valve high in electric consumption? second question: is solenoid valve can stand for 16 hours nonstop every day?
Solenoid does not use much electricity. And I am sure that it did, which stand more than that. Thank you for your comment. Thanks for watching.
Good day. My air tyfon is not working correctly. It can start, but it did not stop by itself. Solenoid valve is opened but could not to close. Tyfon only stop when closed air inlet valve manually. May be you now what can be the reason?
Good day to you also. I'm sorry but I must ask. When you say a i r tyfon, are you referring to some kind of air horn or something like that? Let me know so I can understand what you are talking about and what the question is. I will answer your response. Thanks for watching
24v ac solonide valve how to connect float switch because the solonide valve Is 24v ac how to supplying the float switch
Hello and thank you for watching. First of all you have to have a power source to match the solenoid valve. In the case of my valve it is a 220 volt AC valve. Therefore it is just normal house power. If you are using a 24V DC you must have a power supply that you connect to your house plug and it converts and supplies the needed 24V DC power. The solenoid valves are available in 12V DC, 24V DC, 110V AC, 220V AC either open or closed. What this means is that pending on what part of the world you find yourself you must match the valve with the available power in your country. Here we have 220V AC, so I could use a 220V AC valve or a DC valve that accepts 220V AC to convert to DC power. Now the open or closed depends on whether you need the water to always be running (open) or always off (closed). I needed the water to only come on when the water in the tank was used, therefore closed. So I hope this helped you. If you have more questions feel free to comment and I will answer your questions. Thanks, have a great day. Good luck with your installation.
What kind of solenoid valve is that i need exactly that type of solenoid.
Well it depends on what you are trying to do. Are you trying to have the water run all the time and then shut off and then on again (open valve)...or are you trying to keep the water off and then run and then on off (close valve)? You must tell me what you are trying to do. And also what kind of power you have available. Thanks for watching.
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon im trying to put that into pipe before pressure thank i want to open the valve wen motor is running and i want it off if motor is not running i need 230volts ac
Because our motor is running even it is not in used something the stock in pressure tank is has a leak but not in our side somewhere in pipeline not after the tank i already check..
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon thats why i want that solenoid valve before pressure tank i will use it to act like swing valve. Water can flow but cant go backward interms of running the motor.
@@butzbravo6096 Hello Again. What controls the motor is pressure. So if you have an automatic pump shut off it is internal. Another way to control the pump is with a pressure regulator, and of course you can shut it off by hand by unplugging or adding a shut off switch. The solenoid valve will not do that. Now if you have a leak your pressure will never build up so the pump will continue to run until it burns out. First you must fix the leak and have the pump turn on and off by itself before you can add a solenoid valve. The solenoid valve is controlled by an electrical float valve that goes inside your tank. As the water level changes the pump will turn on and the then turn off as it reaches the water level you have chosen by the electrical float valve. Do you know if you have an automatic pressure shut off for your pump? Where is the water coming from, a well? Find and fix the leak first, this is a must.
Can we install this electric valve in underground water tank to avoid overful
Sure, however the valve must be in a dry place. The fill pipe can go underground but not the solenoid...remember it has electricity and must stay dry.
Could you please send me the link for the solenoid valve and water flow please. I will highly appreciate it
Where are you located? If you are not in Thailand you would not be able to purchase the valve at the same place that I did. Let me know and I will help you out in anyway that I can.
@Just Living With George And Woon I live in the USA
Which solenoid do you recommend AC or DC?
I would recommend the AC simply because it would probably be easier to maintain. With the AC all you would do is run one wire and you have your voltage there and that’s it. With the sea you would need a battery, a charger, or some kind of AC to DC converter. And if you’re going to do that you already have the AC there available. Thanks for watching thank you for your comment.
sir does solenoid valve hold 35psi of water?
Yes this valve can do that.
definitely not code, as it stands. I just hope that nobody gets electrocuted by the time you get around to doing the electrical to code.
I hear you, and there is no danger of electrocution for two reasons. One it is in a locked room with no access to anyone. To any time that hi work on it the main power is off before going into the room. Thanks for the comment. Thanks for watching.
can I adopt you both to be my grandparents, I only have one left and... well... she... she drinks a lot.
Ok...However, you would have to work very hard and we don't drink...just water.
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon😃.... Yes yes yes... Your video gave me a great idea to redirect the water from my shower to a plastic container I put underground with a pump to water my fruit trees... The solenoid is all I need so I don't n have to manually open it and close it once the water is full.😋
Now how far do you think my house in California is from yours, I'm bringing my shovel to help you level that tank that went sideways lol... Thank you for the video again 😁
Yes, good idea. We are about 7753 miles...must be able to walk on water or the other option is to fly.
@@JustLivingWithGeorgeAndWoon 😵😵😵😵 Thailand is far 😵😵😵😵
I'll watch your videos instead 🤓.
😊🙏thank you for watching🙏