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Interested in knowing if anyone has taken apart their Red Sea Reefer Gate valve to clean it. If so, please share your experience and any differences observed with your system!
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I am dreading mine but this video helps. Might tackle it this weekend. Had a weird issue where the overflow was way too low and had to turn off and back on my return and everything is normal again. Might have some snails up in there I think they had babies, the little small white shelled ******** are all over at night.
Thanks for sharing the video. In my opinion the RS valve is too sensitive and extremely difficult to dial in. There are other types of valves in the market that are easier to control and they would make life easy for everyone if they used them instead.
Mine has sucked forever. It's like trying to use a salt shaker that's missing its top.
Thanks for sharing the video. In my opinion the RS valve is too sensitive and extremely difficult to dial in. There are other types of valves in the market that are easier to control and they would make life easy for everyone if they used them instead.
I have been wanting to switch out to a decent gate valve but it looks like it’s not so straight forward based on what I have researched. I would rather deal with the stock valve than cause a bigger issue by changing parts. It’s very intimidating.
I just cleaned the valves on both of my reefer tanks. It is super simple to do and one of them had a bunch of baby snails in it which I thought for sure would be a solution to the common problem but a day later and still dealing with the fluctuations. It’s literally just 4 Allen bolts and it comes right apart. Literally took me less than 5 minutes per tank to clean. Going to make the switch at some point to different valves but just haven’t bit the bullet yet.
I just cleaned the valves on both of my reefer tanks. It is super simple to do and one of them had a bunch of baby snails in it which I thought for sure would be a solution to the common problem but a day later and still dealing with the fluctuations. It’s literally just 4 Allen bolts and it comes right apart. Literally took me less than 5 minutes per tank to clean. Going to make the switch at some point to different valves but just haven’t bit the bullet yet.
What are the other options for gate valves that fit this tank plumbing?
The other option is a spears gate valve. You have to get an extra return adapter piece and then hard plumb new pvc. There’s a great thread on here on the process. Just haven’t done it yet
For a newbie like me making any plumbing change like this now that the tank is up and running is a major PIA!!!
Technically it isn’t since you can source all the parts and assemble before hand and then when you want to make the switch just shut off your return and screw in the new union. The actual swap would be quick.
The other option is a spears gate valve. You have to get an extra return adapter piece and then hard plumb new pvc. There’s a great thread on here on the process. Just haven’t done it yet