ASCO 304361 Red Hat Valve

Manufacturer: Automatic Switch Co. (ASCO), now part of Emerson Part Number: 304361 Product Family: ASCO Red Hat Type: solenoid valve rebuild / spare parts kit BOX MARKINGS TRANSCRIBED FROM THIS ITEM Manufacturer: Automatic Switch Co. Part Number: 304361 Valve Series Marking: 8331 Date Marking: 5-Feb-96 Additional Number: 444949 Silkscreened Box Text: ASCO, RED HAT VALVE WHAT IT IS: ASCO supplies rebuild kits under their own part numbers containing the wear parts of a Red Hat solenoid valve. Distributor catalogues describe kit 304361 as containing the core assembly, core guide, core spring, disc holder sub-assembly, disc holder spring, end cap gasket, retaining clip and cap, solenoid base gasket, solenoid base sub-assembly and spring washer. The kit does not include the coil or the valve body. WHICH VALVE IT FITS - UNRESOLVED, FLAGGED FOR VERIFICATION: the factory box on this item is marked 8331, which is an ASCO Red Hat three-way valve series. Several distributor catalogues instead list 304361 as a rebuild kit for the ASCO 8210 series, which is a two-way general service valve. Those two series are different valves and the sources disagree. The box marking on the actual item is the stronger evidence for this particular kit, but ASCO rebuild kits are specific to a valve catalogue number rather than to a series alone. The correct fit must be confirmed against ASCO's own rebuild kit cross-reference for the exact valve catalogue number before this kit is sold as a fit for any given valve. No series is asserted here as fact. UNPUBLISHED / NOT STATED HERE: the definitive valve catalogue numbers this kit services, the elastomer compound of the discs and gaskets, the media and temperature range the kit is rated for, and the exact piece count. ASCO publishes rebuild kit contents in the installation and maintenance sheet for the parent valve rather than as a standalone datasheet, and that sheet cannot be identified until the parent valve number is confirmed. Spec Basis: Factory box markings transcribed from this item's own photographs (Automatic Switch Co., 304361, series marking 8331, date 5-Feb-96, number 444949, silkscreened ASCO RED HAT VALVE). Kit content description from ASCO / Emerson distributor catalogue listings for part 304361. The 8331 versus 8210 conflict is reported exactly as the sources leave it.