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Applications / Re: plumbing question for csv

« Last post by Cary Austin on August 07, 2024, 08:58:30 AM »

If you have a tight fit and then tighten a union it can pull on the CSV.  If the pipe in the ditch after the CSV settles and drops, it can put the CSV in a bind by bending it.  The CSV1A is much stronger and impossible to plumb in a bind.  It is also much shorter and you would not have to double elbow around.  The CSV1A would just fit on the pipe before it goes underground.

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Applications / Re: plumbing question for csv

« Last post by ps95 on August 06, 2024, 08:37:52 PM »

Not much room outside the well.  To install it there you may need to go straight out a foot or so with the CSV, then double elbow back to the pipe going underground.  It the pump is set on plastic pipe you could also install the CSV125 in the well, just under the well seal.  If it is steel pipe you would need the SS version CSVS125.

Hi, Cary, and thank you for responding! I am very new at this, so I hope I don't sound too dumb; however, I have been reading and looking at the pictures your other customers have posted. I can't find it again for the life of me, but was it you that said don't install in a bind? I'm trying to find out what that exactly means. Presuming it doesn't refer to sharp angles, I was thinking about using a few 45 elbows to 'wrap' it around the well housing so that when I put the well house back on, I won't hit any of the plumbing. The thing is heavy too so I want to do it as compactly as possible without rendering the CSV useless or leading to other problems.

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Applications / Re: plumbing question for csv

« Last post by Cary Austin on August 05, 2024, 06:40:05 PM »

Not much room outside the well.  To install it there you may need to go straight out a foot or so with the CSV, then double elbow back to the pipe going underground.  It the pump is set on plastic pipe you could also install the CSV125 in the well, just under the well seal.  If it is steel pipe you would need the SS version CSVS125.

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Applications / plumbing question for csv

« Last post by ps95 on August 05, 2024, 08:26:20 AM »

Greetings! I recently purchased a 40 psi cycle stop valve which I would like to fit somehow near my well. How should I plumb this in so it would work effectively for my setup?   https://i.postimg.cc/T3zNpGbw/DSC-0057.jpg

Thank you for any help and suggestions.

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Valve Tech / Re: Detailed dimensions of all o-rings in the CSV1A valve

« Last post by Cary Austin on July 17, 2024, 04:57:18 PM »

Sorry. Couple of machines down so we all hands on deck until back on line. Try not to forget.

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Valve Tech / Re: Detailed dimensions of all o-rings in the CSV1A valve

« Last post by pzinser on July 17, 2024, 10:22:06 AM »

Thank you for the diagram/breakdown of valve, showing correct o-ring placement. I also received the replacement o-rings from you and I'm very appreciative.
I try measuring them but I'm not confident once I compare my findings with a table of AS568 available o-rings.

Has the tech guy had any luck finding out the exact type/size of these o-rings?

Thank you again!

Phil Zinser

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Valve Tech / Re: Detailed dimensions of all o-rings in the CSV1A valve

« Last post by Cary Austin on July 10, 2024, 01:07:55 PM »

Here is a link to the parts break down.  Have to get my tech guy to find o-ring sizes.

https://cyclestopvalves.com/pages/csv1a-parts-breakdown

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Valve Tech / Re: Detailed dimensions of all o-rings in the CSV1A valve

« Last post by pzinser on July 10, 2024, 10:47:53 AM »

Could you please attach a picture of exactly where the o-rings should sit on the plastic body body with the "window".  A pic would be EXTREMELY helpful – the repair kit for this valve has a photo on its order page, but it only shows the o-rings below the valve piece, not ON the valve piece.  Presently, I have my "for now" working fix o-ring rolled right up to the bottom of the "windows" and it does not at all seem to be sitting in a slot or a recessed area.

This past Saturday or Sunday, when I took the red housing off the valve assembly I did note that the internal valve piece did not at all lift right out – it seemed “held back” by something and after “pumping” it up and down several times it finally popped-out – it was then that I saw the small torn o-ring left behind sitting in the metal housing. 

After I placed my “altered” o-ring,  the entire internal assembly EASILY slides in and out of the metal housing with no hindrance in either direction – is that the way it “should” be?  If “yes”, perhaps the o-ring failed for unknown reasons and lodged to the side of the internal assembly when I first tried to remove it, creating the hindrance(??).

In any case, I AM very grateful for all your time and help AND for the replacement o-rings you have sent to me.

If you could find out the detailed dimensions of all o-rings on the internal assembly, and post them, it would be great.  After searching locally and coming up empty I just want to compare what I could and could not find locally to what the “right size” is.

Thank you again.

Phil Zinser

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Valve Tech / Re: Detailed dimensions of all o-rings in the CSV1A valve

« Last post by Cary Austin on July 09, 2024, 07:08:16 PM »

Sorry for your problem. But that is the first time in 30+ years that an o-ring has been the cause of a CSV failure. Like you saw it smashed in when it was too big, it is squeezed into a slot and should nor be able to move, break, or get out in anyway.  We buy them from a local bearing and seal company right off the shelf.  See if I can look it up. But would have been posted years ago if there had been a problem.

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Valve Tech / Detailed dimensions of all o-rings in the CSV1A valve

« Last post by pzinser on July 09, 2024, 12:14:52 PM »

I encountered a torn o-ring (the smaller one just below the “windows” in the plastic).  I could not find any details on exactly what size o-ring is needed.

Apparently, it would be ideal to have the outside diameter, OD, inside diameter, ID, and cross-sectional dimension, CS. (See attached image)

I measured the torn o-ring, and then discovered absolutely no one (5 shops visited) in town had that size.  I know I can order them from CSV (and they actually DID put some in the mail to me which I TRULY APPRECIATE) but I really needed an immediate solution because my pump was cycling in 20 second increments every time the 4.4 gal tank “dumped”.  No one locally carries a 1/16” thickness (CS or cross-section) ring, which I believe is what’s needed.  The “thicker” rings that everyone seemed to have will not allow the red valve housing to seat all the way, and thus it leaks continuously.
 I wound up taking a scalpel to the closest-sized one I could find to “thin” it down – I could not believe that this worked (for now) because the result was so ragged, but I never want to do it again.   

Long story short, could someone post the EXACT dimensions on ALL the o-rings in this valve. With this info. I’m hoping I can get someone locally to stock them for emergencies.

Thank for your help!

Phil Zinser