Qod 12-2-08

[Brian E. Kelly]

Water pressure

[Dennis R. Goudreau]

I know around here it is 50 psi, i should also mention our variables, elevation, pipe condition.etc

[Brian E. Kelly]

Originally Posted by dgoudreau

I know around here it is 50 psi

Hmmmmm

[Barry Adair]

Originally Posted by bkelly2

Hmmmmm

"I like Astro Boy, I give him a 42 but I can't dance to it!" DPS

[Stephen W. Stanczyk]

Verrrrrrryyyyy Interesting.... BK.....you are one schneeky one.

[Dennis R. Goudreau]

I know Brian, but here the town is trying to take over the water supply company, they have been in court for 3 years about this. but good pressure wht is it in AZ

[Brian E. Kelly]

Originally Posted by dgoudreau

I know Brian, but here the town is trying to take over the water supply company, they have been in court for 3 years about this. but good pressure wht is it in AZ

It is about 120 psi in my neighborhood. Does that help any??????????

8 bar perhaps?????

[Steven C. Waskewicz]

Holy cow, 120 PSI is way too high unless each home is seperately regulated.
I think I learned some time back that nothing over 80 PSI was suggested, due to seals, washers and plastic parts that would be stressed by anything more.
Am I out in left field here?

[Harold J. Lowe]

I think you're looking at 80psi here in Ontario, Canada.

[John A. Sopher]

Being newly educated in the art of inspection, 80 psi was taught to us. I have seen houses anywhere from 40-150 psi around here. Depends on how old the neighborhood is.

[Brian E. Kelly]

Originally Posted by swaskewicz

Holy cow, 120 PSI is way too high unless each home is seperately regulated.
I think I learned some time back that nothing over 80 PSI was suggested, due to seals, washers and plastic parts that would be stressed by anything more.
Am I out in left field here?

Well, I do not know about your fielding skills Steven. Here the city could care less about your ice maker lines.

[Jae Williams]

"Water Pressure supplied by the city should be..."

Ahhh, a tricky little question.

Water is supplied by the city both in the outside pipes and the inside pipes. Max inside pressure should be no more than 80PSI to protect seals in appliances. But, the external pressure must at least 100PSI to provide pressure for multiple houses.

So, the water supplied by the city should be at least 100PSI, and the water regulated within the house should be about 45-65PSI.

Regulators are normally factory set at a 45-65PSI tolerance, but should not be allowed to increase beyond 80PSI--and at the low end it should be at least 40PSI to properly service the average residence.

[Jae Williams]

Or something like that...

[Brian E. Kelly]

Originally Posted by jwilliams4

Or something like that...

Exactly Jae.

[Michael Larson]

Originally Posted by jwilliams4

Or something like that...

I'm not buying it Jae. That's like saying I need 150 VAC on the incoming line to supply all the houses in my neigborhood with 120 VAC.