Posted by Slipped Eccentric: 22 May 2006 : 13:33:24
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quick sketch I did to show what the cylinder cocks on my 7.5" gauge american look like.
They are very simple, all that needs to be done is to tap the ball into the hole in the nut to create a seat. The nut is threaded on leavingenough room for th ball to float, but not quite roll around. I suppose if you wanted to you could come up with a way to lift the ball from its seat, with a lever to make them manual as well, but the mechanism would have to be pretty small.
Posted by David Bailey: 22 May 2006 : 15:12:10
Yes my C21 auto cocks are right angle as per Justins sketch, except the ball has a lot more room to move, it is only 1/8" dia so needs the room to let the water dribble past. There may be enough room under Ruby to fit Right angle type on both ends, but only on the small dia cylinders. Just having one on the front helps to clear the condensate a lot easier.
David Bailey
Above excerpts from
this thread
See middle of
this web page for actual photos of these Automatic Draincocks:
