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This Kerick MA252 float valve is a tank-mount style with an adjustable arm, and is made of PVC with 18-8 stainless steel hardware. The valve has a 0.093" orifice and its estimated rate of flow is 1.3 gallons per minute (gpm) at 40 pounds per square inch (psi) and 1.5 gpm at 60 psi. The valve inlet has 1/4" NPT male extended threads with a sealing washer and jam nut for mounting through a tank wall, and the valve outlet is free flowing. The valve inlet includes a compression fitting for use with 1/4" tubing. The valve is made of National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) approved PVC (polyvinyl chloride), its replaceable seals are made of TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) for durability and chemical resistance, and its hardware is made of 18-8 stainless steel for corrosion resistance. The valve has a 1.5" in diameter and 4" long polyethylene float attached to the adjustable shutoff lever arm. This float valve is suitable for use in a variety of applications, such as fountains and livestock water tanks.
Float valves use a rod and float ball attached to a valve shutoff lever to control flow in or out of a tank. The float ball rises or falls with the level of liquid in the tank, changing the angle of the valve shutoff lever. When the angle of the valve lever changes sufficiently, the valve opens or closes. Float valves are rated according to the volume of liquid that can flow through them at a particular pressure to ensure the tank can be refilled as quickly as it is emptied. The material that a float valve is constructed from must be suitable for the liquid in which it operates, which may be corrosive or at an extreme temperature. Float valves are used to automatically regulate the level of liquid within tanks in a variety of applications, such as fountains, livestock water tanks, cooling towers, and chemical manufacturing plants.
Kerick Valve manufactures fluid level control valves for industrial applications. The company, founded in 1994, is headquartered in Jacksonville, FL.
What's in the Box?
- MA252 valve
- PF154 float ball
TS
2025-07-11 16:12:27
After purchasing a few alternatives, I settled on this due to its ease of installation and apparent quality of construction. It has been in use for a few days now and is operating exactly as intended.
RescuePup
2025-04-20 10:03:56
I use this directly on a Lowe's 2 gallon bucket along with chicken nipple waterer (threaded style oasis poultry water nipples) to function as an automatic waterer. It works perfectly to stop any water overflow and I like the adjustable arm to modify the water level as needed. My initial shipped valve was missing the compression nut ferrule to allow for 1/4 tubing to stay on water-tight, so you may want to check for any missing part as soon as you get the valve. I control the water refill time at the spigot with a digital water timer (Orbit 91213), so I can't attest to how the product would fare in the long-run under constant water pressure, and this will probably be dependent upon your incoming water pressure. Our water main (location where water enters house) psi is set at 75 (was initially at 50 psi), and the float valve works just fine to stop any water overflow whenever I've tested. I avoid having water hose left under pressure since I've lost a few of our garden hoses that way (especially after we increased to 75 psi to improve shower) along with costly water waste. I would personally not risk such failure especially for indoors, so check your psi and use a timer if possible or at very least use a pressure regulator and/or partially open your spigot valve to lower water pressure. I use all three measures - pressure regulator, timer, and float value. It's better to be safe than sorry.
Carson
2025-03-22 18:22:42
I used this for a float valve inside a tank I made for a humidifier. Connected a 1/4" OD pex waterline to it. Been a few months now, everything has operated smoothly. I did have to add some hardware to make it work. But it wasn't anything complicated, just a washer and a rubber washer from the hardware store.
C. Stout
2025-02-11 13:51:35
This is a perfect fit for top-mounting to the lid of the Keurig 2.0. Thanks to the superb review by Yousif A. Hassan I made my purchase as soon as I was done reading the review. My goal was to accomplish the same thing and Yousif's review was the closest thing to a walk through that anyone has posted for the Keurig 2.0. It also saved me from attempting to mount it from the back of the tank which would have left me with a really ugly tank and a non-functioning float valve (the angle you'd have to mount it at would prevent the valve from moving).All that said, installation was simple. Drill a hole in the reservoir lid toward the back. Flip the plastic floating piece around the other direction. When mounting make sure the floating piece is not too far to the left or it will rest on the indented part of the reservoir. Also, line it up so when the water rises the floating piece will rest between the two arms for the flip-up part of the reservoir lid.All in all I'm very pleased with the quality of this valve. It's quiet and by the time your cup of coffee is done brewing the tank is already full again. Exactly what I was hoping for!Update:I've had this valve for one day and it's already flooded (and ruined) my coffee cabinet from a slow leak/slightly open valve. Make sure you use a marker and mark your water level when the valve appears to shut. You may be surprised to see the water level continuing to rise. If my replacement does the same thing this is going straight to the trash. Be careful. This happened even though the floating piece is free from hitting anything that would keep the valve open. Very disappointed.Update 2:The replacement valve does the exact same thing. Slow drips after the valve has appeared to have closed. The tank will continue filling slowly and quietly which is dangerous if you are trusting that the water has actually stopped flowing into your tank. I marked my tank with a pen to see where the "stop" point was and within minutes the tank was above the max fill line. This happened regardless of how I positioned the float arm.Update 3:I've since moved to a new house and still had one of these in a drawer. I decided to give it another shot since the plumbing at this house is actually reliable and well-built. My water pressure at the last place was high, around 90 PSI or so (bad PRV), and that kept the valve from closing as it should even though it's rated for 100 PSI. This new house has much lower, reasonable PSI, and I was thrilled to find that where I set the arm to stop...it actually stops.I've changed my rating to a 4. It'd be a 5 if the product details were more accurate. Bottom line: if you have high water pressure (and can't easily alleviate that) don't get this or you'll end up with a slow flooding mess. If you have reasonable/low water pressure, this is hard to beat.
Joe
2025-01-06 18:13:27
This float has been in service over 10 years!! I was on my amazon account today and checking products I never reviewed and this popped up. Read that again IN SERVICE OVER 10 YEARS. Thats impressive in the world today.
Miguel Debuha
2024-11-25 18:00:34
The valve worked in my coffee maker then stopped shutting off intermittently. Water went thru my counter-top and flooded the 2 year old Bosch dishwasher, eventually destroying it. Once we found the problem we had to:Replace counter-top $4500Replace dishwasher $1000Fix Water Damage $750Not bad though if you keep it shut off. But then what is the point?
rosebudforglory
2024-11-15 11:55:01
Just installed and hooked to outdoor RO barrel and seems to work. Really nothing to it. Hasn’t overflowed yet so it’s working. Keeps barrel full when we aren’t getting rain.Update. Well the darn thing isn’t working. Don’t know that the issue is, it seems accurately set and adjusted. Went out yesterday and it was under water and filling the barrel to almost overfilled. Can’t figure it out. Will try some other adjustments but it seemed correct. Even when I push it down or up, it still won’t shut off. I have messed with the screw to adjust and lock down. These are simple devices not rocket science. Maybe got defective unit.
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