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Day: February 3, 2008

DIY Actuated Ball Valve

February 3, 2008 by Will O'Brien 38 Comments


[Derek] sent in this electric ball valve he built for his bio-diesel reactor. If you haven’t checked, the commercial versions are pretty expensive. His solution was to mate a salvaged saturn wiper motor (sans control board) with a polypropylene bolted ball valve.

Oh, and happy birthday to me.

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