Backflushing RODI

[Maverick00]

My charcoal and prefilter are clear housings as well @90psi. I assumed this pressure would be alright (even though its higher than the reccomended) because the booster pump does not have any sort of adjustable pressure regulator which i actually found alittle strange when i hooked it all up. Is it standard practice to install a pressure regulator after the booster pump to maintain a lower pressure than what the booster is providing? Feels like im chasing my tail on this one.

[Buckeye Field Supply]

If you buy the right brand of pump (Aquatec), the adjustable pressure comes built in. On the cheaper brands it doesn't.

Russ

[mike31154]

Originally Posted by Maverick00

My charcoal and prefilter are clear housings as well @90psi. I assumed this pressure would be alright (even though its higher than the reccomended) because the booster pump does not have any sort of adjustable pressure regulator which i actually found alittle strange when i hooked it all up. Is it standard practice to install a pressure regulator after the booster pump to maintain a lower pressure than what the booster is providing? Feels like im chasing my tail on this one.

The PRV I was referring to in my post is in my home plumbing, I do not have a booster pump. City pressure to my house is generally between 110 & 120 psi. My residential tax dollars at work, there be some hills to pump the water up around here, so the City of Vernon doesn't mess around. They upgraded the water pumps to some big a$$ units a couple of years ago. The PRV is about 15 feet downstream of my main water shutoff & meter. My east outdoor spigot for the garden & irrigation system gets full city pressure, which is handy. Pretty sure the local plumbing code requires every home to have one of these now to get the pressure down to or below the standard 80psi that Russ from BFS quotes. I've got the adjustment screw on my PRV cranked pretty good, in fact I've observed close to 100 psi into my RODI recently! So far so good, but Russ mentioning caution with the clear housings causes me some concern, this is why I asked for more info on that. I think I'll do some net searching on the subject & see what I come up with.