Small jfc drinkers leaking

jd06

Hi all
I gave a small standard jfc drinker and its constantly over flowing. Iv opened it more times than I care to remember. Iv cleaned it out taken it apart to no avail . I even cut a circular piece of 1cm rubber as I thought the old rubber wasn't able to stop the water. And I covered the moving parts with vaseline Still no good
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And it not the first jfc drinker iv had problems with
Maybe its just me but I want to sort it for my sanity!

DukeCaboom

jd06 wrote: »

Hi all
I gave a small standard jfc drinker and its constantly over flowing. Iv opened it more times than I care to remember. Iv cleaned it out taken it apart to no avail . I even cut a circular piece of 1cm rubber as I thought the old rubber wasn't able to stop the water. And I covered the moving parts with vaseline Still no good
.
And it not the first jfc drinker iv had problems with
Maybe its just me but I want to sort it for my sanity!

Is that the green one

cute geoge

I used have them small hereford galvanised bowls and the same story ,the outlet that closes against the rubber stoper used eat away .maybe yours might be same

DukeCaboom

It's the rubber that's broke my heart.

E mac

I've found JFC come up with some realty great ideas and designs until I have to presume the money people are consulted and the end product while looks great will no doubt have a weak point, in the case of drinkers really cheap shoddy ballcock system.

jd06

DukeCaboom wrote: »

Is that the green one

Mine is blue

jd06

cute geoge wrote: »

I used have them small hereford galvanised bowls and the same story ,the outlet that closes against the rubber stoper used eat away .maybe yours might be same

Yes it could be the nozzle and wore away . Hard to see it being anything else

jd06

jd06 wrote: »

Mine is blue

This is my one

Wildsurfer

The problem is the pressure of your water coming in is too much and with the small ballcock it wont shut off. One solution is to use a 5 gallon drum as a header tank overhead. Put the mains water into that with a proper long arm ballcock and leave the water flow by gravity from bottom of drum into the jfc trough underneath.

jd06

Wildsurfer wrote: »

The problem is the pressure of your water coming in is too much and with the small ballcock it wont shut off. One solution is to use a 5 gallon drum as a header tank overhead. Put the mains water into that with a proper long arm ballcock and leave the water flow by gravity from bottom of drum into the jfc trough underneath.

Thankyou that makes sense that could be the problem

orm0nd

Wildsurfer wrote: »

The problem is the pressure of your water coming in is too much and with the small ballcock it wont shut off. One solution is to use a 5 gallon drum as a header tank overhead. Put the mains water into that with a proper long arm ballcock and leave the water flow by gravity from bottom of drum into the jfc trough underneath.

+1

50HX

There are 2 types of ballcocks for this trough, think the green float is for high pressure

wrangler

50HX wrote: »

There are 2 types of ballcocks for this trough, think the green float is for high pressure

If you buy the hereford or JFC drinker in glanbia they don't bother to tell you about the high pressure ballcocks until you come back complaining.
There hereford ones are a joke altogether there's a very fine line (if there is a line) between off and overflowing..... impossible to set

Omallep2

wrangler wrote: »

If you buy the hereford or JFC drinker in glanbia they don't bother to tell you about the high pressure ballcocks until you come back complaining.
There hereford ones are a joke altogether there's a very fine line (if there is a line) between off and overflowing..... impossible to set

Is this the hereford one you refer to 0Screenshot_20201129-184127_Samsung Internet.jpg

wrangler

Omallep2 wrote: »

Is this the hereford one you refer to 0Screenshot_20201129-184127_Samsung Internet.jpg

Yes that's it, I've bet them off the wall with a sledge in frustration.
If they told me that they don't tolerate high pressure I wouldn't have bought them. We're on mains water here so high pressure
If they leak for 24hrs the little black rubber bung is wrecked by the jet of water coming from the littlle nozzle in the ballcock

blue5000

New type jfc leaking here too

any suggestions? This has a stone under the float. Co op looking for €30 for a new ballcock. The only good thing about a jfc trough is that they are light enough to throw in the back of the jeep when you buy it.

whelan2

My dad was saying they'd be handy for sitting a mineral block into. Have most of them replaced with concrete drinkers now

cjpm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122144214#Comment_122144214

Any of those valves that I have I fit a 6” ball to. But a 6” mightn’t fit into your JFC

Have you screwed off the green cap to make sure there’s no grit in there?

Bangoverthebar

Concrete drinkers everywhere. The 70 gallon concrete are cheap and great for outblocks, need bigger for the cows.

Lime Tree Farm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122144214#Comment_122144214

Same here, last year I thought not being level was the cause. Water turned off at the moment - i bought the ballcock. Must try screwing off the green cap first though.

Bass Reeves

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122145627#Comment_122145627

Brought a bunch of Spillanes a few weeks ago. Bullock fitting goes through the concrete cover, no center wall. 75 gallons 145 euro Inc vat. Ballcocks were 35 each Inc vat. So net of vat costing 146 each in total. Before water piping and pipe fittings.