Automatic Sprinkler Valve?

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Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:24 pm

Hey, is there any way of making a sprinkler valve fully automatic? Or at least semi?If there is, could you point me in the right direction?
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Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:49 pm

Well yes I suppose but you may as well use a Q.E.V. If I'm bit mistaken a QEV and a popoff valve will make full auto but the pressurizing is the hard part. First off you need a constant air source for it. once you have that, and a clip you have semi auto. A clip could be a tube sticking up from the barrel. So worry about air source and loading first then buy the valve parts.
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Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:53 pm

The problem with sprinkler valves is that they usually take long to reset after opening, so as suggested above you're better off with a QEV.

.. and QEV + pop-off valve = full auto ;)
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Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:19 pm

The problem with sprinkler valves is that they usually take long to reset after opening
With dont mod a sprinkler valve with a safety pop-off valve instead of a blowgun and wihle the gun is repressuring reload with a bolt action system?
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Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:59 pm

Thanks guys
and Demon im not quite sure what you said, but I assume that you said I could hook up a pop-off with a sprinkler and it should work?

And also, assuming I have the same setup as the gun that JSR showed me , would I be able to substitute a "homemade QEV" (piston valve that they use on french forum, http://patator.frbb.net/) would it work or would it take to long to reset?
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Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:44 pm

Demon wrote:
The problem with sprinkler valves is that they usually take long to reset after opening
With dont mod a sprinkler valve with a safety pop-off valve instead of a blowgun and wihle the gun is repressuring reload with a bolt action system?
Regardless of pilot valve, a sprinkler valve takes too long to reset. Seating time has little to do with the pilot valve. So no, it wouldn't be much different to a blowgun.
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Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:59 pm

pizlo wrote: once you have that, and a clip you have semi auto. A clip could be a tube sticking up from the barrel.
I believe you mean a magazine, not a clip.
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