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Post by yellow2green on Feb 2, 2023 14:59:43 GMT
I got called to a clinic and saw a Powers Mixing Valve rebuild kit. But the guy that bought it, retired.
My original Manager told me once that it can be done and he "had success, but also failures" and that was all he said. With the price to replace one of these and lead times on work completion, rebuilding one sounds intriguing.
Has anyone rebuilt one of these before with great to moderate success? Or any experience at all with this?
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Post by Admin on Feb 2, 2023 16:37:03 GMT
I am also interested in hearing this
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Post by qman213 on Feb 2, 2023 16:58:05 GMT
I supposed it would depend on how nasty your incoming water is. It would also depend on how much time you want to spend on it. I've tried to rebuild them and I find them hard to get apart without damaging even more parts. The checkstops can build up/plug up with hard water scale (especially the hot side) and water can eat the screens in the checkstops. I get 4-5 years out of them, then I just replace them.
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Post by Chuck Weddle on Feb 2, 2023 22:30:13 GMT
I 2nd everything qman said, it's just not worth it. Unless you do a total rebuild every year or two, they are too far gone for rebuilding to do any good. If you do rebuild on a regular schedule then you've probably spent more in rebuilds, not to mention the labor, than if you wait for it to fail and replace it.
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