Only downside might be loss of 12 or 120 volts? But you could make it fail-safe by having it open when power is present but would have a 12 volt draw to consider if using 12 volts. I think you'd want it closed when there is no 120 volts present because CG power can potentially go off when you're not there (happened to us a couple of times so far). I don't think the current draw on these solenoids is much.
If on 120 volts, you could also use a latching relay and "momentary on" switch/pushbutton so water is off until you intentionally activate the relay. That way, any time power is cut off (intentionally or not) the valve would close. One thing I do when hooking up the water in a CG is run inside to make sure no water is flowing that shouldn't be. Had an overflowing toilet incident once because the CG pressure was quite low (luckily we were there at the time).
I installed a quarter-turn ball valve under the kitchen sink and while it does work and will never fail, it sure would be nice to have a switch that would be easy to activate.
downtheroad wrote:
This is a simple solution also....
Can't see the pic. Time to quit using Photobucket. :)
