Well, I found a hidden damage from the big Texas Freeze in February.
This ball valve brass body split from the freezing weather, Funny thing is it only leaks when the valve is being turned from off to on or back. When the ball is approx 45 degrees, it is open to both the pressure and to the crack in the side and sprays out about 6 feet. I found it when I first used the sprinkler after the storm, but since it apparently did not seem to leak when full on or full off and it was completely covered by insulation I did not dig it out until today. I drained the expensive vacuum breaker above for the freeze having lost two of them at $35 to prior freezes and insulated the whole exposed pipes and fittings. Saved the vacuum breaker but lost this valve.
This ball valve brass body split from the freezing weather, Funny thing is it only leaks when the valve is being turned from off to on or back. When the ball is approx 45 degrees, it is open to both the pressure and to the crack in the side and sprays out about 6 feet. I found it when I first used the sprinkler after the storm, but since it apparently did not seem to leak when full on or full off and it was completely covered by insulation I did not dig it out until today. I drained the expensive vacuum breaker above for the freeze having lost two of them at $35 to prior freezes and insulated the whole exposed pipes and fittings. Saved the vacuum breaker but lost this valve.
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