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Some customers get confused between the supply pressure and the supply flow rate.

The resting pressure can be high and yet the supply flow rate can still be inadequate.

Simply put, the most important thing is the Water Supply Flow rate.

That is what you need to concentrate on rather than the supply pressure.

It’s all about Flow Volume and then the supply pressure required to deliver that Flow Volume.

Every meter of pipe , every fitting, every joiner reduces the flow rate by adding friction to the supply flow.

You need to spend the time calculating all this so you know how much water is actually available at the trough.

Then you can match your grazing patterns and heard sizes to suite the water supply available.

You need to determine how much water is required at the trough to suite the herd size and their water needs.

Then decide on the size of trough while allowing at least 4 – 5 minutes of water supply already in the trough as a buffer.

So if you need to supply 240 litres per minute, you should have at least 1000 litres of water already in the trough.

For any Trough valve to fully open and provide the full inflow, the water level in the trough has to drop.

For a Cocky Valve Ulti Flo the water level has to drop by only 150mm (6”).

At just 150mm (6”) drop in water level the Cocky Valve Ulti Flo is fully open and delivering all the inflow available.

200kpa – 240lpm, 400Kpa – 300lpm, 600kpa – 350lpm, 800kpa – 400lpm & 900kpa – 430lpm.

There is not another valve that matches the Cocky Valve range for performance and reliability.

So stop wasting money, time and water………buy it once, fit it once – just buy a Cocky Valve!

Stock need a lot of water especially in our harsh summers.

Water needs vary between dry animals and those lactating and feeding young.

From my experience, the following requirements are a good guideline:

Cattle require    40 – 140               litres per head / per day

Sheep require    4 – 12                   litres per head / per day

Horses require   40 – 150              litres per head / per day

Pigs require        10 – 45                 litres per head / per day

Dry cows and young stock will drink at least twice a day.

If there is adequate water in the trough then cows drink for no longer than about 1- 1½ minutes.

On average, cows will drink between 20 – 40 litres during this time.

The problems arise when inadequate replacement water is entering the trough.

When calculating the inflow requirements look at how many cows can be drinking at the one time.

The water trough should allow for at least 10% of the stock drinking at the one time.

Generally the trough edge required is 0.5 metres/cow and 0.3 metres/sheep but a longer trough is always better!

This is trough edge requirements, so a trough that can only be accessed from one side needs to be twice as long!

The Cocky Valve Ulti Flow will allow sufficient inflow for 10 cows drinking at 24 litres per minute at just 200Kpa (30psi) pressure.

Obviously with higher supply pressures / supply flows, then the inflows through a Cocky valve will also increase.

The Cocky Valve Ulti Flo won’t break, block and will deliver the amount of water to your stock when they need it!

Day after day, year after year …. and Guaranteed for life against breakage.

So stop wasting money, time and water………buy it once, fit it once – just buy a Cocky Valve!

First and foremost, It should allow sufficient flow to suite the stock numbers it is servicing.

It then needs to shut off under pressure so the water supply is secured.

It should be strong, reliable, not corrode or block and require minimal maintenance.

The Cocky Valve Ulti Flo range does all of the above and more!

They deliver 240 litres per minute at just 200kpa (30psi)

They will shut off at ≥ 900kpa (130 psi)

They are made from SS316 so they won’t break or corrode.

They have been designed for maximum inflow so they simply don’t block.

They are the most simple and clean design of any valve on the market.

The only thing you may need to change is the washer, which is simple to access.

And……they are Guaranteed for LIFE against breakage!  

So stop wasting money, time and water………buy it once, fit it once – just buy a Cocky Valve!