Pressure issue

Ladiesman271 said:

You said the hot and cold water each produce the same amount of flow per minute when you did your test. How many gallons per minute did you get in your test?

Your shower head can clog if you have hard water, so check that also.

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draven8795 said:

I used the temparature item as an example to help explain my problem which i think clouded my original question. My water temparature is fine.

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draven8795 said:

Its a brand new shower head so Ive ruled that out. Ill have to do a test with each. Ive only done a gpm test with both turned on and got at least 4 gallons in one minute (I stopped before the minute since I was just testing to see if I could get a water softner that needed 4gpm which I have not purchased yet). I suppose that won't really tell me anything with both on since one could compensate for the other. Ill install the pex tonight and report back any results. Is there a gpm number I should be looking for?

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Ladiesman271 said:

For a shower my water controls are set for mostly hot water and little cold, so your settings did not sound unusual to me. My shower head gives me about 1 gallon per minute during normal showers. With the water "full on" I get a flow rate a little over 2 gallons per minute. That is why I asked how many gallons per minute your got with your test.

I have never measured the pressure drop in my longest pipe run (about 60 feet), so I don't know what is a normal pressure drop.

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draven8795 said:

I guess most showers I've used I usually turn the hot water on some and the cold water on some never had one where I go all the way on with one and partly on with the other.

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