[Shop-talk] Shop-talk Digest, Vol 3, Issue 75

[Carl Lindahl]

I have city water where I live, and the city water pressure delivered
tot he house is ~90 PSI, and I have a pressure reducing valve that I
have set to 60 PSI. Why I know this is the original pressure reducing
valve with the house had failed and I was noticing significantly more
flow through the faucets one day - I put a pressure gauge on one of
the water taps, and found it to be 90. Called the City, and they said
that is within their spec and recommend a pressure reducing valve to
drop the pressure to "normal" 40 to 60 is what they said.




On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 7:33 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>> Water tanks, washing machines etc. work on about
>> 35 psi only.
>
> I disagree.  Standard 'city' water pressure is 50-70 psi, and it's higher
> than that in many places.  Last time I checked, mine is about 70 psi, and
my
> appliances seem to handle it just fine.
>
> I did replace the 40 year old water heater, and the 25+ year old dishwasher
> is about due; but I don't think high water pressure is the reason why <G>
>
> The washing machine I bought new around 1982 was still working fine, but
the
> new wife wanted to keep her Maytag and we didn't have room for both of
them.
>
> And she's a lot more fun to cuddle up to than the washing machine!
>
> Randall
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