One of my stations sprung a leak.
I had some spare parts so I fixed it.
I have several of those valves and they go bad after time. The Diaphragm leaked and the solenoid was looking real bad so I replaced it, too.
I was going to replace the parts so I have them on hand (so its not an emergency procurement effort next time) and I secretly think there is a Murphy corellary to the effect if you have spare parts they are much less likely to break. Also they are getting older and you never know when they will be discontinued.
So a replacement diaphragm is $15 and a replacement solenoid is $20.
The whole assembly above (which is where I got the spares from is $28. even though the body and the antisiphon part never seem to break.
Better yet, the same assembly with the difference of having 3/4" fittings instead of 1" fittings is only $23. And the diaphragm and solenoid are identical.
The cap with the solenoid, diaphragm and retaining ring and other parts comes off much easier than replacing the whole body. So I just replace those parts and toss the spare body.
So I ordered 2 spares of the cheaper model getting $70 worth of parts that go bad for only $46.
I also see that the cap by itself is $17 as a replacement item so I get that for the $23 also although I think the old one will work.
Anyway, what a little clever shopping will do.
Parts are Lawn Genie, now part of Toro.
I had some spare parts so I fixed it.
I have several of those valves and they go bad after time. The Diaphragm leaked and the solenoid was looking real bad so I replaced it, too.
I was going to replace the parts so I have them on hand (so its not an emergency procurement effort next time) and I secretly think there is a Murphy corellary to the effect if you have spare parts they are much less likely to break. Also they are getting older and you never know when they will be discontinued.
So a replacement diaphragm is $15 and a replacement solenoid is $20.
The whole assembly above (which is where I got the spares from is $28. even though the body and the antisiphon part never seem to break.
Better yet, the same assembly with the difference of having 3/4" fittings instead of 1" fittings is only $23. And the diaphragm and solenoid are identical.
The cap with the solenoid, diaphragm and retaining ring and other parts comes off much easier than replacing the whole body. So I just replace those parts and toss the spare body.
So I ordered 2 spares of the cheaper model getting $70 worth of parts that go bad for only $46.
I also see that the cap by itself is $17 as a replacement item so I get that for the $23 also although I think the old one will work.
Anyway, what a little clever shopping will do.
Parts are Lawn Genie, now part of Toro.
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