When the timer shuts off the water does it cause water hammer in the lines? Does the valve close slow or fast?
1724371
nah its smooth. takes a around a second to close the valve so that prevents the hammer effect. I dont think it's powerful enough to instantly close the valve. I have it run for 15 minutes daily to top off my pool in the morning. If it caused noise, I would have set it on fire by now.
1774674
Hello. There is a tiny rubber ball inside the valve that often gets worn. When it gets worn, the water flows back into the pump as soon as it shuts off.
27291
I have never used the timer. I keep it on continuously. If I forget to fill it, it just cuts off. No problem.
436406
There is a convient sliding water control valve on the shower head itslef. Water flow can be easily controlled with one hand. On mine it will turn pretty much off when closed all the way.
987192
No because this model has a pressure switch so it turns off once the tap or valve is closed. I run mine for a washing machine and it runs fine and turns off when needed.
1573867
I have no problem with mine when I turn it on however when I turn it off I hear pipes rattle which is caused by pipes not secured properly or the plumber did not put in a air absorber which is a 3''-6'' pipe above the angle stop. It a stops the water from jarring the pipes.
1805909
this timer requires pressure to open and close . so any water system without a pressure pump will not work this valve properly
276163
Although that would be true, as it's common sense that if the battery dies during a watering cycle, there is no power to close the valve. However, there is a battery light indicator. I ran mine an entire growing season last year on one set of batteries. I think you're worrying to much. Just change the battery when it says they are getting low.
237190
The only thing I can think is that your valves are for some reason not shutting off. If the timer is correct according to Orbit, than I am thinking something is wrong with your valves
198171
You have to hold the switch down to make it pause. And it doesn't matter of you are on stream or spray, once you pause it, it comes back on as stream. Also if you are on spray and shut the water off, it comes back as stream. But it works really well. I have no complaints. After having it for several month's I actually don't use the pause that much, anyhow. I just normally push the lever to off, so it's kind of redundant.
1548541
I honestly don't notice a water flow reduction - and if there is one it is not close to 1/3. I have owned this brand/model for many, many years (I am currently using 5 of them) and when one goes bad I definitely notice the reduced flow rate. For me, the convenience of having these timers far outweighs the infrequent problems that I have with them.
885967
Mine beeps both when I push the bottoms to turn it on and when it runs out of water thus shuts off. It does NOT beep when the timer is up.
1891083
The timer lets you shut hot water flow when not needed. I have had 3 Laing and they all went bad within a year. I would look into another product. Amazon replaced the first two then refunded my money the third time. Great service.
1430029
Not sure. I turnrd on snd off three times to assess pressure and the valve broke off in my hand. I wasn't forcing it either.
864943
Interesting question. I think you are asking whether the timer opens a pilot valve and then line pressure opens the main valve, or whether the timer opens the main valve. It is my impression that the timer opens the main valve and thus it would work with low pressure - but I may be wrong. I have actuated it when it was not connected to water and I heard it click. But that could have been a pilot. I stopped using mine since it stuck open one night, neighbor called me, and I had to drive to my cabin in the forest to turn it off. Easy way to find out - buy and send it back if you don't like.
1526786
I have a PVC supply line, so there is no hammer; that said, the sound of the solenoid engaging makes me think it's pretty slow (over 1 sec).
619557
Typically this valve is located downstream from the pump. If it accidentally closed the line while the pump was running, something would likely break. Hopefully something inexpensive.