Electrical motor to control a water valve
Electrical motor to control a water valve
(OP)
Hi everyone
i-m looking for a standar motor using two AAA, to control a water valve from 1".
The valve is to control open - medium, close the water of a pipe.
if one have an information about some simple standar motor for this function would be great
thanks a lot
i-m looking for a standar motor using two AAA, to control a water valve from 1".
The valve is to control open - medium, close the water of a pipe.
if one have an information about some simple standar motor for this function would be great
thanks a lot





RE: Electrical motor to control a water valve
Try a model shop or search geared DC motor.
RE: Electrical motor to control a water valve
RE: Electrical motor to control a water valve
As VE1BLL mentioned you might want to see what the commerical products do. The garden "automatic sprinkler" system valves, although 12V cannot be run from a pair of AA batteries (and you will have to really watch the power consumption in any event), you might want to have a pair of valves to
accomplish the "open - medium, close" of the water flow.
With the water flow to the valves in parallel, one might have
both off, one on for medium, and the other on for full water
flow (or both for full flow, but it consumes more electrical power).
One also might check (sorry to say) the automatic urinal valves that are showing up in public bathrooms now. I believe these are powered by batteries........
O.K. I'm sorry. This is engineering we are talking about. It sometimes takes thinking "out of the box" to find a solution. And I *DIDN'T* say "it takes careful aim...."
Rich S.
RE: Electrical motor to control a water valve
RE: Electrical motor to control a water valve
Yep. I know the ones that you are talking about. The ones that I was thinking of was the "manifold" type that are used for the "built in" watering systems. The ones with the many circuit timers.
I still like the idea of having a pair of valves to have
the off medium full feature that the OP wanted.
Cheers,
Rich S.
RE: Electrical motor to control a water valve
Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.- http://www.flaminsystems.com
RE: Electrical motor to control a water valve
you may want to look into suppliers, im sure they'll have layouts of them on the internet, and thatd be free
RE: Electrical motor to control a water valve
I know you asked for 3 volt operation but heres a couple of ideas anyway.
If you need an actual motorized valve rather than a solenoid, you might find someting in the automotive line e.g window winder, screen wiper.
Radio controlled model servos
A company called Hanbay make little stepper motor actuators that fit onto regular instrument style needle valves if you need to control flow.
Roy