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<blockquote data-quote="dun" data-source="post: 96049" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>We have one Ritchie, it has a horizontal feed and needs to be cleaned out every couople of days because of the sand in the water that keeps the seal from working. I've tried Hudson, overpriced and genrally a piece of crap. Never have been able to get them to work reliabaly. Have several conrete freezeproofs that use a toilet type of flaot mechanism and shut off valve, never had a problem with them. A neighbor had problems with his becaue a large frog took up residence and would crawl on top of the vloat ball and let it trickle all the time. We have half a dozen Little Giant valves, inexpensive and haven't had a problem with them in 6 years. They only catch is that we had to install a pressure reducer just before the valve. We run around 75 psi from the well head but after it drops a couple of hundred feet, even with the resistence of the water line, the pressure is too high for them to work reliably.</p><p></p><p>dun</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dun, post: 96049, member: 34"] We have one Ritchie, it has a horizontal feed and needs to be cleaned out every couople of days because of the sand in the water that keeps the seal from working. I've tried Hudson, overpriced and genrally a piece of crap. Never have been able to get them to work reliabaly. Have several conrete freezeproofs that use a toilet type of flaot mechanism and shut off valve, never had a problem with them. A neighbor had problems with his becaue a large frog took up residence and would crawl on top of the vloat ball and let it trickle all the time. We have half a dozen Little Giant valves, inexpensive and haven't had a problem with them in 6 years. They only catch is that we had to install a pressure reducer just before the valve. We run around 75 psi from the well head but after it drops a couple of hundred feet, even with the resistence of the water line, the pressure is too high for them to work reliably. dun [/QUOTE]
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