I have installed a Honeywell V8043E1012 valve in my basement crawlspace in order to control the flow of water to two garden spigots. My goal was to have an electric valve that I could control from outside so that I would not have to crawl under the house twice a year to turn off the water before the winter and on again in the spring. The controls are working fine, but the problem is that the valve in not shutting off the water tight enough. I am still getting a small trickle of water flowing through the valve. I was very careful with this installation. I have installed valves like this in the past. I intentionally disassembled the valve so the heat from the sweat joint would not affect the rubber ball valve. I know this valve is used commonly to control heating system zones, but isn't it supposed to shut off tightly? Does anyone know of a way to adjust this the assembly to make the seating of the ball against the opening tighter? Any recommendations?

Hi Dribera...

Creative use of a zone valve... ;)

However, these valves are usually used in LOW PRESSUE SYSTEMS that operate between 12-15 PSI so that may be the issue right there, but hard to say for sure!

Maybe you could try to remove/disassemble the unit and clean all parts and try again... although, how do you drain the pipes/spigots and keep all this from freezing?

Otherwise, you could reroute the pipe to a more accessible location and install a shutoff and drain there... maybe?

Let me know your thoughts, OK?

Mark

What you say about water pressure makes sense. A zone in a closed heating system is low pressure, and my application is full house pressure. Since I have two spigots on that line I blow the water out using an air compressor. Thanks for your help.

I checked the pressure rating on the Honeywell valve and it is 20 psi max. House pressure is 30-80 psi. No point in installing a pressure reducer. I thought I had such a great solution. Oh well. Dan

Mark, thanks again for your help. It's back to the drawing board for me. I may need to install a manual, outside, cut off valve, that is accessible and below frost line. Dan