Give the oil some time to work and try turning again, Valves seem marked with shutoff direction, looks to be to the right.

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I had a valve lock up due to calcium deposits. I removed it to replace, then realized it just needed the calcium cleared out from inside. If you have hard water, this is a likely scenario given the age of the valves.

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Exactly where to place the hammer arrestor will depend on the actual piping arrangement. The best places are either close to the pump, isolation or check valve that is originating the hammer, or at more distant points where the pipe changes direction, for example at the top of a pump riser. Using an angle type arrestor such as the P12 in place of a pipe elbow can be very effective at reducing transient pressure spikes from either direction. Replacing pipe elbows with a tee and fitting a P14 arrestor is also an option and this allows for maximum transient suppression when in line with the returning wave.

Preventing hammer upstream of isolation valves can be achieved through fitting a hammer arrestor of either type at the last pipe bend or elbow prior to the valve inlet. Depending on the severity of the water hammer, several arrestors can be employed to reduce the impact throughout the system. One close to the pump or valve and one at the first high point or one in each of a pair of series elbows prior to a tall riser.

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The P12 and P14 water hammer arrestors are supplied already pressurised from the factory and can be installed and used without further adjustment. However, to get the most efficiency from them, they work best when pressurised at 30 to 50% of the normal working pressure.

Serial elbows can cause a water hammer effect that can be removed by fitting a hammer arrestor at the first bend, possibly after a check valve.

Water hammer is created when a valve closes or a pump stops quickly and the momentum of the water creates a pressure wave that rebounds from the closed port, travelling back up the pipe. This is exacerbated when the frequency of the transient pulse resonates with the pipework or from standing waves in the system that can build to the extent that severe damage can be caused.

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Determining the origin of the hammer effect can be difficult which makes picking the site for the hammer arrestor more complicated. The effect can be made obvious through insufficient pipe supports that allow pipes to move and vibrate loudly but this can be quite a long distance from the actual source. When hammer travels long distances it is harder to hear the onset to determine what the actuation point is and it is a matter of elimination sometimes to find the action that causes the problem.

It's unlikely you'll damage the valve that way. If you do, the valve was already weak and needs replacement anyway. They're easy to replace, and any home improvement store will have replacement valves. Unscrew it from the pipe base using the two-wrench approach as described above. Use teflon tape or plumber's putty to ensure a watertight seal around the threads for the new valves.

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It isn't uncommon for this to happen. These valves are really only used when replacing your washer so they have a tendency to freeze up. get some CLR and brush it on the valves to get rid of the corrosion. If you clean off the black handles, you see an arrow that shows which way to turn the valve to shut it off(looks like clockwise). Removing the handles will allow you to get more CLR around the valve stem. Put everything back together and it's OK to apply moderate pressure to operate the valve

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Can someone tell me which direction they should be turned? Do I need to loosen the screw in the middle first? How much pressure should be applied? etc.

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See below for images of my Washing Machine valves. This is an older home but can't seem to get the water levers to budge. I don't want to apply too much force either way in fear of breaking something.

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As many systems do not have the same pressure throughout, this enables adjustment of each arrestor to suit the inlet pressure conditions where each are sited. For systems with fluctuating pressures, the use of multiple arrestors that are all set to slightly different internal pressures, can effectively bracket the system pressure range so that they coordinate the effectiveness.

A few drops of light machine oil or a penetrating oil like PB blaster behind the black handles might help. Can also remove the small screw and pull the handles off and spray some oil inside.

This is easy to adjust as they are fitted with a Schrader valve as used on car tyres so it is simple to bleed some air pressure out or put more in and evaluate the changes. The smaller arrestors would require an external gauge to check the pressure but the larger ones are supplied with a pressure gauge as standard.