Water pressure regulator?

On the rare occasions when I have water service, I don't use one.

Bumpyroad wrote:

tpi wrote:


IMO water heater expansion in closed system is at least as much an issue as high city water pressure. I highly recommend an expansion tank or letting a faucet drip when first heating water.

I thought that that was what that lever/spring thingy was supposed to prevent.
bumpy

If you're fine with 150 PSI it will.

If you are concerned about flow rate, as I recall the one I got from Lowes had something like 3/4 inch pass through.

I got it set at 45.

I have the WATTS regulator with gauge and what I do is check the water pressure when I get to the campground.
If it's below 60 psi I wont bother and if it's over 60 psi then I will hook it up.
I have been to a few campgrounds with water pressure over 100 psi and while you get fantastic showers with that much pressure it will severly tax your water fittings and most likely start dripping in places.

Found one of the adjustable regulators with guage on Amazon for $40.00. The cheap CW or other RV regulators did not have the pressure or flow to make us happy.

2112 wrote:
I didn't own one until I acquired a water leak at a crimp connection. Was it due to high pressure? I will never know but I do use a cheap regulator (restrictor) now.

The restrictor reduces the gallons per minute, but does nothing for pressure. Instead of having a 3/4 hole for water to flow through, you now have 1/4 inch or less hole for the water to flow through, but still at the original PSI.

thirtydaZe wrote:
Everyone using them? Ive been a week in wisconsin and everyone around us didnt use one.

Generally the wells in Wisconsin are set at 30-60 psi. We had problems when we went west and found that the psi was between 80 and 120.

tpi wrote:


IMO water heater expansion in closed system is at least as much an issue as high city water pressure. I highly recommend an expansion tank or letting a faucet drip when first heating water.

I thought that that was what that lever/spring thingy was supposed to prevent.
bumpy

Halmfamily wrote:
I use a pressure gauge to monitor the pressure at the spigot. Use a y with the gauge on one side and hose on the other. If pressure exceeds 60 PSI I put the regulator on.

When I hook up to water this is also what I do. I've often times had very poor water pressure in campgrounds-down to zero occasionally. I have a 50 PSI regulator which isn't obnoxious generally.

But most of all I just use tank water and refill it. It keeps tank fresh, and it prevents shower dropouts which I've had all too many of..

IMO water heater expansion in closed system is at least as much an issue as high city water pressure. I highly recommend an expansion tank or letting a faucet drip when first heating water.

2112 wrote:
I didn't own one until I acquired a water leak at a crimp connection. Was it due to high pressure? I will never know but I do use a cheap regulator (restrictor) now.

You will find out soon enough. A restrictor type regulator does not reduce the pressure at all when the water isn't flowing.