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Outbackozzie
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Seriously, this cant be healthy.
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It is sitting in ap water :P

I reckon the float will get covered in algae and then jammed in the housing.
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http://www.floatvalve.com/float-valves.html


That's the kind I'm trying to avoid because they don't have an alibi... that's right, U-G-L-Y they don't have an alibi they ugly! they ugly! ... and so forth :P
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hmmmm pretty but fails eventually OR tried and tested - I like the doily idea :)
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Outbackozzie wrote:
It is sitting in ap water :P

I reckon the float will get covered in algae and then jammed in the housing.


Well! From what I can see of the design, for it to be jammed I would expect gunk to have to get in the valve bit. Because it will only be open when the water level is below it, and because when it opens there will essentially be positive pressure coming from the opening, nothing should be back washing inside the valve to jam it... you know :P stuff!
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hey - Ill still buy one to test it out if you get a group buy :)
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hmmmm pretty but fails eventually OR tried and tested - I like the doily idea :)


I don't mind a little monthly maintenance, compared to the time it will save having to manually top up. It's just so pretty :) I'll drop in to my local irrigation joint and see if they have anything similar, and ask them on their opinions :) Will report back tomorrow.
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hey - Ill still buy one to test it out if you get a group buy :)


I'll find if there's an Aussie equivalent tomorrow :)

So that's 2 for the group buy anyways :P which is technically the smallest possible group you can have... meh, I'm still excited :P
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I use the hudson valve on a tank I have. I set it at the level where the tank should be when the pump has the beds full. If it gets any lower than that then I get a refill. It is a very rugged valve and has never failed.
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I use the hudson valve on a tank I have. I set it at the level where the tank should be when the pump has the beds full. If it gets any lower than that then I get a refill. It is a very rugged valve and has never failed.


Sweet As! So did you just ordered it from the manufacturer, or did you go into a store and buy it, as you obviously live in the states :wink:
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I ordered mine off the manufacturer website.
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Probably because he lives in texas :P
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It's just so pretty :)


You are so shallow ;)
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Probably because he lives in texas :P


Well that's obvious! What an idiot! Just because this is an Australian site you assume everyone here is from Australia... what a racist :P

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You are so shallow ;)


Like a puddle :P
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I was looking at these Hudson`s awhile back.With our dollar now worth 94+ US cents definitely time to grab one or two
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