Water Shutoff options for CPVC Ball valves?

[aaiyar]

@hubitrep

The Sinope valve can be operated manually

So can the LeakSmart. The actual gearing mechanism within the valve that’s sweated on broke ….. and was very very hard to move manually.

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A shout out to great customer service from Waxman (LeakSmart water valve)

I've used a Waxmax LeakSmart water valve (v1) since sometime in 2015. About a week ago, I had water leak which resulted in the water valve being shut. When I resolved the leak, I was unable to open the valve using Hubitat, or even using the open/close buttons directly on the valve controller. When I tried to open the valve (via Hubitat or the physical buttons), I could hear the motor grind horribly, so I decided to open it up just to see what it was going on. The LeakSmart has a controller that…