Philtrap
Member
Folks,
I have a 50 year old home with no fresh water pressure reducing valves (PRV) installed. I found this out after my garden hoses kept blowing and I checked the pressure which is at 120 psi at all the outside spigots and the sinks inside where I could thread on the pressure tester. I've tested the pressure at all times and it's always 120 psi or close to it. There is no PRV after the meter and I'm not sure if there is a faulty one the town installed underground somewhere before the meter (which is in my basement), but I doubt there is one. Anyway, a quick question...
I have a lawn sprinkler system that works great. If I reduce the incoming pressure from 120 psi to 50 PSI (the factor set for the PRV) right after the meter, do you think the sprinklers will work the same or will I have to make adjustments to them? The PRV I'm planing on installing would be before the sprinkler system just after the meter... I could install the PRV after the sprinkler system since it's teed off after the meter on it's own line, but there is one spigot on that line too and the hoses on that would keep blistering and blowing if it wasn't regulated.
Thanks in advance
I have a 50 year old home with no fresh water pressure reducing valves (PRV) installed. I found this out after my garden hoses kept blowing and I checked the pressure which is at 120 psi at all the outside spigots and the sinks inside where I could thread on the pressure tester. I've tested the pressure at all times and it's always 120 psi or close to it. There is no PRV after the meter and I'm not sure if there is a faulty one the town installed underground somewhere before the meter (which is in my basement), but I doubt there is one. Anyway, a quick question...
I have a lawn sprinkler system that works great. If I reduce the incoming pressure from 120 psi to 50 PSI (the factor set for the PRV) right after the meter, do you think the sprinklers will work the same or will I have to make adjustments to them? The PRV I'm planing on installing would be before the sprinkler system just after the meter... I could install the PRV after the sprinkler system since it's teed off after the meter on it's own line, but there is one spigot on that line too and the hoses on that would keep blistering and blowing if it wasn't regulated.
Thanks in advance