Cycle Stop Valves

Pump System Questions and Answers => Valve Tech => Topic started by: bbarsky on May 09, 2014, 09:32:33 AM

Title: Can iron in water interfere with a CSV 140?
Post by: bbarsky on May 09, 2014, 09:32:33 AM
I have high iron content in my well water (the water can have an orange color). What, if anything, do I have to do to make a CSV 140 work properly?
Title: Re: Can iron in water interfere with a CSV 140?
Post by: Cary Austin on May 09, 2014, 12:17:28 PM
Iron will slim up and clog the air vents in a CSV1 type valve.  I would recommend drilling an additional vent hole the same way we do when the CSV is submerged.  Then it would be safer to use the CSV with a Cycle Sensor.  The Cycle Sensor will shut the pump down before it is damaged from cycling if the CSV gets plugged with iron and malfunctions.