I bought a 1" stainless steel, motor operated ball valve on eBay about a
year ago. My shop has an apartment over it, which is not used all the
time. I wanted to monitor for leaks at the appliances and turn off the
water to the apartment if/when there was a leak. I still have it and
plan on installing it "soon", but haven't yet.
This valve is made by Mars, and the complete assembly is marked Triac
Controls, model EP=400. It runs on 24v ac/dc.
I think I paid about $30 for it. It is similar to
http://cgi.ebay.com/Electric-Actuated-Ball-Valve-1-SS-Ball-Valve-120AC-New-/280684715401?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415a1cdd89
If you don't work in your shop with the lights off you might consider
connecting the valve to your lights so when the lights go off, the
compressor is isolated.
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Randall, On 5/31/2011 1:47 PM:
>> If it were me, I'd put a valve on the compressor outlet that gets shut off
>> when I'm not out there and call it a day.
> So what type of remotely operated valve would be appropriate?
>
> I don't know much about solenoid valves, but it appears that the inexpensive
> "piloted" valves always have a pressure drop across the valve, which may not
> be ideal. And "non-pilot" valves seem rather expensive.
>
> -- Randall
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