Calgary water pressure

parkinsn · #1 10-01-2009, 10:43 PM

The first stage is the hardest for the water to get through (at least that my understanding) and there is no 73psi coming out the other end thats for sure.

Delphinus · #2 10-02-2009, 01:37 AM

I get around 96 I think. I can lend you a pressure gauge that fits on your hose if you want to do a quick reading but I'm pretty sure we're on the same outlet.

Delphinus · #3 10-02-2009, 01:42 AM

Oops, had a thought. I get 96psi but that's because I bypassed the pressure regulator. Most homes these days have regulators (if you have a bathtub and/or shower where you can't regulate the flow, ie., on or off and temperature, but no "more flow" or "less flow", then you have a regulator). In my case they dialed it down to 60. I chose to bypass it because at my old house I was getting close to 100psi, and had awesome RO/DI output, at this house I couldn't believe how slow it would trickle out.

I first tried opening up the regulator all the way - I don't recommend this approach - unless you happen to like painful showers (those little streams of water get supersonic at high enough pressure). I just T'd off a line before the regulator and this services my tank room and outside hoses (impulse sprinklers work better with some pressure).