Water regulator

[Russellvh]

I have seen and read several post about adjustable vs restricting city water pressure. I stay at Parks moving every 7 - 21 days or so. I have seen pressures down to 36 and up to 60 psi. I have used the adjustable type but after setting it the first time I never knew of any reason to change the setting. Why not just have a restrictor that I could have set to a max, probably 55 - 60 psi and then save a lot of trouble and doubting the gauge that is questionable at best.

It seems to me that I don’t care what the low power parks put out as long as I know the power won’t go over the dangerous psi.

Am I missing something???

 

[Neal]

This is what I use now. It will cap the max pressure and you don't have to deal with the crappy adjustable ones that I don't believe work well. I've tried so many, this works amazing for me:

Amazon product ASIN B003YJJHI0

 

[Russellvh]

Maybe someone can explain this to me. I am currently using an adjustable regulator with a gauge. When no water is being used in the RV the gauge is showing 60psi, if I open a sink or the shower the pressure is low and the gauge drops to 46 (+-) As soon as I close flow inside the RV the gauge goes, quickly, back up to 60.

The regulator is attached directly to the spicket followed by the filter then hose to the RV.

 

[Buster]

This is what I use now. It will cap the max pressure and you don't have to deal with the crappy adjustable ones that I don't believe work well. I've tried so many, this works amazing for me:

Amazon product ASIN B003YJJHI0

Same one I have, probably because I saw it on here when I was looking for one earlier this year. Can vouch that the few times I have used it that it worked as advertised.

 

[Joe Hogan]

Maybe someone can explain this to me. I am currently using an adjustable regulator with a gauge. When no water is being used in the RV the gauge is showing 60psi,

It is my understanding that a water pressure regulator is a basic limiting device. Pressure is limited to a set amount.
Water Pressure changes based on pipe diameter for a given flow rate. Flow X amount of water in a 1/2" pipe requires higher pressure than a 3/4" pipe.
The difference in pressure you get when the water flows is probably a change in flow resistance for the flow rate being supplied.


"Pipes are like wires. A small diameter pipe will drop the water pressure more than a large diameter pipe. That means that if you want five gallons a minute to flow through a 1/2 inch pipe, you will need a higher pressure at the sending end than if you had a 3/4 inch pipe. If you applied the same pressure to both pipes at the source end, more water would flow per minute through the larger pipe."

 

[J&JD]

This is what I use now. It will cap the max pressure and you don't have to deal with the crappy adjustable ones that I don't believe work well. I've tried so many, this works amazing for me:

Amazon product ASIN B003YJJHI0

X2. Love this unit. It is permanently installed in my wet bay and always works perfectly without restricting flow.

 

[Russellvh]

Thanks guys. One is being delivered Monday.