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Post by chuckie on Aug 18, 2019 10:49:24 GMT -6
I have owned a Jobe water valve for so long that I cannot remember when I purchased it. It has given me so many years of great service and never fails. (Knock on wood) I can walk by the water trough and see that the yellow ball is floating to the top of the water and know that it is working. I have a 300 gallon water tank and I throw a 3" pool chlorine tab in there every few weeks to keep the algae down. I know that it is not too much chlorine as there are water bugs that swim in the water. Usually there is a light film of algae on the bottom of the tank, but the water remains sparkling clean. Debris gets in the tank each year like leaves that I try to keep raked out, and I have to clean it out ever so often. I really like these valves much more than I do the side mount valves as they gave me problems.
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Post by ebenezer on Aug 18, 2019 12:10:11 GMT -6
We cannot use them as our well water has grit in it.
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Post by JMJ on Aug 18, 2019 14:18:48 GMT -6
I’ve never used one but I purchased (2) 350 gallon concrete troughs Friday. Guy that made them sold me two JOBE floats. Haven’t installed them yet but I hope they are as good as yours. May have to put a filter on my well, per Ebenezers post, because I’m sure my well water will have calcium in it.
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Post by chuckie on Aug 18, 2019 14:55:06 GMT -6
I am on county water, but am the last one on the line here. There is a fire hydrant in front of the house where they come to run water through the lines to clean out the pipes when they work on them. My lines continuously get debris in them. My water filters will start running slow that I have mounted under the sink and the toilets will start leaking down and refilling. I have noticed that my hydrants outside will be hard to shut off a well as they want to continue to leak. I have always contributed this to all what flows down the line. But it has never effected my Jobe valves. I know that the valve that I have is at the least 8 years old.
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