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Isolation valve???

uy0987y89
uy0987y89 Member Posts: 1
in THE MAIN WALL
hello there,

Is this pic of an isolation valve ??

I've never seen one like it... no handle , just a slot for a screw driver and maybe a place for an allen wrench. What gives????

I'm trying to help out a friend with a dead circulator, and thats what somebody installed above and below it.

If anyone has info on this, I'd really like to hear it.

Thanks !!!

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  • EricAune
    EricAune Member Posts: 432
    Actually, they are quite common

    That is a set of isolation circ. flanges.  Most of the late models have been redesigned to incorporate a handle.  Try a hex head wrench before a screwdriver, if the valve has not been exercised it will probably "strip" the slot leaving it almost impossible to fit the wrench into.



    This might be a good time to change out the set.

    There was an error rendering this rich post.

  • Gary Jansen_4
    Gary Jansen_4 Member Posts: 77
    It looks like an early Taco Isovalve

    A fractional allen wrench or a flat blade screwdriver  will just make a mess. These valves need a metric allen wrench (8mm) I think. If anybody has tried to turn the valve previously without the metric allen, they have probably rounded out the socket, and at that point your hooped. Good luck, Gary
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