1/2" Stainless Steel Electric Solenoid Valve 12V DC G Thread Normally Closed VITON from U.S. SOLID

Great valve, used on my draco drum filter for my koi pond, less than half price than from the manufacturer so thought I would give it a go and it works perfectly.The 2 wires aren't the longest, only just reached.

Have been running some brass versions for almost 4y no failures so far. Glad to find the stainless version.

Runs Very hot (80C) but was assured this device will get very hot, it's the nature of the device I am assured.However, I wasn't too happy about it so contacted the seller and asked if it was ok to mount an heatsink on the top and that I did see photo.Now, it's just warm after five and a half hours running continuously - I am confident its reached its peak temperature by now and is only warm. Before, I couldn't bear your my fingers on it for more than seconds!Its recommended you don't have it actuated for more than eight hours continuously. For my purposes I only need it to run for six continuously.Update: August 10th and the heatwave continues. The valve is still going strong and runing now seven hours a night. The valve temperature is no more than warm evan in an ambient temperature of 24C.

The valve is quite big, I needed some fitting as there was not enough space to screw on the tap om the wallHowever it works great. It quick enough to let the whole pressure out in a second. I use it to sprinkle the cats away to foul somewhere else :)

I followed the instructions and it works perfectly straight out of the box.

Failed after 6 months. This is the second purchase of these and the last one lasted over 1 year. Thought I was just unlucky but clearly a poor quality product and will keep away from this brand in the future.

Great service

Looks good, seems to function well, only time will tell.