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Old 02-11-2010, 07:45 PM
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True dat Steve, the most sage outlook is to assume anything can fail - valve or switch or whatever, and then plan accordingly in anticipation of the what-if's.

I'm not sure a horse is simpler than a car though. I'm a city boy with a wrench, I wouldn't know the first thing to do with a horse but I can tinker in an engine. So to some extent "simpler" might be a matter of perception.
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Old 02-11-2010, 09:33 PM
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I'm not sure a horse is simpler than a car though. I'm a city boy with a wrench, I wouldn't know the first thing to do with a horse but I can tinker in an engine. So to some extent "simpler" might be a matter of perception.
Kind of the point, once educated with something far more complicated it becomes simpler because it's the better alternative. But realistically a horse is much easier understand than a car, it's only the surrounding technology that makes the car easier. For example if I send you into the woods with a hatchet, which are you more likely to come back with? A horse or a car?
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Kind of the point, once educated with something far more complicated it becomes simpler because it's the better alternative. But realistically a horse is much easier understand than a car, it's only the surrounding technology that makes the car easier. For example if I send you into the woods with a hatchet, which are you more likely to come back with? A horse or a car?
I'll agree with you 100% if we can change your sentence to this:
"Sometimes, once educated with something far more complicated, it becomes simpler because it's the better alternative."

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I'll agree with you 100% if we can change your sentence to this:
"Sometimes, once educated with something far more complicated, it becomes simpler because it's the better alternative."

Yes there are exceptions to everything so I'll compromise with "most of time"
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Yes there are exceptions to everything so I'll compromise with "most of time"
Exceptions prove the rule
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i'm using 2 float switches back to back with a solenoid valve for my reservoir. When the solenoid valve is closed, there is no water coming out the discharge side of my RODI system.

Got the similar setup for my sump.

Why 2 float switches? #1 senses low to run on pump/valve and #2 keeps the sump and reservoir from overflowing.
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