I have a standing water tank (Image 1) and for quite a little while now it has been giving me trouble.
In the past year it has been overflowing from the top on occassions. Whenever that happened, I just took out the Hudson Float Valve [Part # 4,258,748, Phone # 800-748-6218] (Images 2 to 6) that is screwed onto the hose that feeds into the top of the tank (Images 7 and 8), cleaned it, and reattached it. That worked for a time but then it leaked again and I decided to buy another Hudson Float Valve to replace that one. I attached that new one, and it didn't leak for quite a while again.
But in the past 2 months it has been leaking over and over again regardless of my cleaning, reattaching, and/or swapping out/replacing the float valve.
I finally called a handyman to come and have a look at things and the conclusion that he came to was something along these lines:
Due to a number of differing possibilities – maintenance that the water company is doing and/or the fact that our home is very elevated and so the water has to pass through various people's homes before reaching us – it seems that the water pressure that feeds into our water tank is very inconsistent. Sometimes it is a stream and sometimes a trickle, and occasionally it comes in intense bursts. According to him, sometimes these occasional bursts are so intense that they bypass the float valve's ability to stop the water level from rising.
I genuinely do not understand how this is something that has only begun happening now and not years before, but the handyman wasn't really able to fix the problem per se, and the only thing I can really think to do is buy another float valve but one that is made to combat this very specific issue.
Before, I had just replaced the Hudson Float Valve with other Hudson Float Valves which were either the exact same kind or, in one particular case, a Chinese knockoff, but maybe I need something that will attach in the same way that this specific valve attached, but that isn't really the exact same valve.
It is worth noting that, unfortunately, the Hudson Float Valve's nipple portion (focused on in Images 4, 5, and 6) is still attached to the hose that feeds into the top of the water tank (Images 7 and 8). While I have been able to remove the main body of the valve (focused on in Images 2 and 3) I have not been able to remove the nipple. I have been able to clean it though and I can, of course, attach the main bodies of the Hudson Float Valves to said nipple. In other words, whatever replacement I have to get, I would greatly prefer if it is something that can be screwed onto this Hudson Valve's nipple.
I would still appreciate other suggestions, since it is not entirely out of the realm of possibilities for me to be able to remove the nipple at some point in time, but at this point I kinda just want an easy solution.
If you have any further questions, feel free to ask.
Thank you.
by Optimal-Algae-9649
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