Trailrider
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Hello folk's, would anyone happen to know if a pressure relief valve is available that is designed with a stainless steel spring and will last underwater?
I am wanting to add a pressure relief valve at my submersible pump installed in a lake. I have had my water pipe blow off the pump in the middle of the winter due to a frozen line and want to prevent it from happening again.
I have asked at my local plumbing suppliers and they are not aware of such a product.
Does the industry make such a product? If not, is there an alternative way to provide pressure relief at the pump without running a separate pipe?
Update....After checking my notes, I do have a pressure relief valve that was sold to me with a stainless steel spring meant for underwater. However a magnet is still attracted to the spring??? I compared it to a relief valve that I know has a standard steel spring and the magnet sticks to it much more aggressively. Is it possible for a magnet to be attracted to some grades of stainless steel?
I am wanting to add a pressure relief valve at my submersible pump installed in a lake. I have had my water pipe blow off the pump in the middle of the winter due to a frozen line and want to prevent it from happening again.
I have asked at my local plumbing suppliers and they are not aware of such a product.
Does the industry make such a product? If not, is there an alternative way to provide pressure relief at the pump without running a separate pipe?
Update....After checking my notes, I do have a pressure relief valve that was sold to me with a stainless steel spring meant for underwater. However a magnet is still attracted to the spring??? I compared it to a relief valve that I know has a standard steel spring and the magnet sticks to it much more aggressively. Is it possible for a magnet to be attracted to some grades of stainless steel?
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