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2 Check Valves in Series
I am away so I can't get on to my work systems to get in the detail but I got a call today saying that the check valves are not cracking until in excess of 100psi, I expected them to crack at over 50psi so I wanted to check whether I just understood it wrong, it's not our design as the...- althebear
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- Forum: Valve engineering
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2 Check Valves in Series
If you have 2 50psi check valves in series, does that then make the cracking pressure 100psi? Whereas if they were in parallel the cracking pressure would be 50 psi down each line? Thanks in advance!- althebear
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