Motorised Valve Tripping house electrics

[Chuck]

[...] we must remember that good quality gate valves are by no means a liability to be gotten rid of as a priority, [...]

I suspect that once the lever-operated ball valves have been in service for a few decades we'll start finding that they stick open or closed and trying to operate the lever shears off the shaft.

 

[Peter West]

The problem with the ones on my system is they leak. Especially when cold. They are OK if I tighten them and leave them, but if I happen to use them, that's it, they leak again.