James, My error, I have seen some brass valves installed in early K-250’s. Jay -----Original Message----- Hi R/Jay The valves i am using are stainless of course. In fact the exact ones called for on the K350 plans. I was just wondering if there are any cheaper alternatives that people have used that might be ok as well. The worcester ones are ?80 a go for a 1/2 inch valve. Regards James ----- Original Message ----- From: Jay K. Jeffries [mailto:bottomgun@mindspring.com] To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Sent: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 07:51:08 -0400 Subject: RE: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Ball Valves James, As noted in a recent post, for marine applications the valves need to be manufactured from bronze or stainless steel (or a combination thereof including internals). R/Jay -----Original Message----- From: owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org [mailto:owner-personal_submersibles@psubs.org] On Behalf Of James Frankland Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:29 AM To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Ball Valves Hi All. Everything plumbing related that they have in my local store is SCHED 40 including the valves. They are only rated to 220 psi. So, Im currently using specially ordered Worcester ball valves for variable flood, vent, cabin flood etc They are the high pressure ones (cant remember the exact rating now) but the trouble is that they are REALLY expensive. Any suggestions for some cheaper valves as i need to order a load of 1/2 inch ones and i nearly just passed away at the price of the worcester ones. What sort of valves have other people used? Thanks James ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ The personal submersibles mailing list complies with the US Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Your email address appears in our database because either you, or someone you know, requested you receive messages from our organization. If you want to be removed from this mailing list simply click on the link below or send a blank email message to: removeme-personal_submersibles@psubs.org Removal of your email address from this mailing list occurs by an automated process and should be complete within five minutes of our server receiving your request. PSUBS.ORG PO Box 53 Weare, NH 03281 603-529-1100 ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ |