Emergency Dump Valve

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tcarnahan
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Emergency Dump Valve

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I came across this valve in my research and wanted to see if anyone else had considered using one of these for a emergency manual pressure release? If so, what was your experience?
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Re: Emergency Dump Valve

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tcarnahan wrote:I came across this valve in my research and wanted to see if anyone else had considered using one of these for a emergency manual pressure release? If so, what was your experience?
We've never used this type of valve before because we have a bunch of high pressure ball valves that we put on our pump so we can open it with a simple flick of the wrist. That valve does look like it would be a good alternative and it has a built in pressure relief.
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