![]() Two other things we did was (1) put in ball valves for turning the water on and off, and (2) installing water hammer arrestors. It’s cheap insurance to change them out periodically. And, do you turn them off after each washing cycle? If not, that leaves the house pressure on all the time, which degrades them faster. supply lines are a good idea, but how old are they? A plumber at the house told me they’re good for about ten (10) years, tops. You may have several points that need attention. ![]() Whenever I see that much green, brown and white staining on the pipes and fixtures, that alerts me to leakage issues. Your photos tell an interesting story, too. To find my flow rate, I just divided the time into 60 seconds (60/35) to get 1.7 gpm. In my case I was filling the gallon milk jug in 35 seconds. Then stop the stopwatch when the container is full. To measure the flow rate, turn the tap on full, start the timer when you start filling the container. For instance I used a gallon milk jug to make the calculations easy. You don’t need any special equipment, just a vessel with a known volume and a stopwatch. If you are curious how to measure the flow rate, it’s pretty simple. The description of the product also says you can use it to detect thermal expansion pressure surges. This could be handy for figuring out if you need to install a water hammer suppressor or just secure your pipes if they bang when turning on the washing machine. If I very slowly and carefully turned on the faucet it matched the real-time house water pressure, but then I thought, “wait, I wonder what happens if I turn a faucet on and off somewhere else in the house?” Turning on the faucet normally pegged it all the way around. You should be able to find it at plenty of other places too.īuy Now (via Home Depot) Further AnalysisĪt first I found the max pressure indicator to be utterly useless. This little gauge will run you $10 at Amazon and Home Depot. But after a little free research, I found it just means the accuracy is somewhere in the range of ☒% to ☓% of the span. ![]() Unfortunately, if you want to know what that officially means, you need to shell out $125. The sensing element is a copper alloy Bourdon tube with ASME, Type B40.100 accuracy. It features a 2-1/2″ dial with 2 indicators: a black one to show actual pressure, and red for max pressure. Watts says you can attach the gauge to either a hose bib or your water heater drain, but a more useful place may be your washing machine hookups. ![]() This pressure gauge attaches to a standard 3/4″ hose fitting and reads from 0 to 200 psi. While in Home Depot the other day, I found the Watts Water Pressure Test Gauge, model IWTG. If you fill the sink for dishes, or a pot to put on the stove, having to wait substantially longer can be frustrating. I know they have started restricting flow from faucets to conserve water, but the one area where I think it makes the least amount of sense is the kitchen sink. Buying a new faucet and having it be less useful than my old one would be disappointing Because I figured a faucet that old would surely have a higher flow rate, I was afraid that my water pressure was much less than 60 psi and that instead of getting 1.8 gpm out of a new faucet, I’d get something much less.
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