Fitter30
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City water? You need a pressure reducing valve. 60lbs is all u need
Is it my water heater or T&P valve?
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Jeff H Young
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I think your info is flawed 45 psi next door is probebly on a regulator. Basicaly you need a working regulator and a working x tank and problems will go away
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Possibly flawed. I didn't ask my neighbor about the regulator, which I am almost positive she doesn't know anything. I was just going over to verify if my newly purchased water pressure gauge works. In any case, I believe I now have a working xpan tank. I am not sure if I need to replace the regulator or not. Note both my outside spigot and inside water heater drain valve are behind the regulator, and I learned from this thread that with a working xpan tank, the pressure reading of 130 at both valves should therefore be normal, right? I just need to know if I should pump the xpan tank from pre-charged 40 to 65. Thanks again for everyone's help.
Jeff H Young
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replace regulator pump x tank to match the regulator set pressure 40 is low you set regulator around 50 or 60 .
1. What is the water pressure when you have not been using hot water recently?
2. If you then use NO water for 2 hours, what is the water pressure?
If both readings are the same, set your precharge to that pressure.
If pressure 2 is higher, repair or replace the PRV.
If I understand you correctly, the readings are the same. So I went ahead and charged the tank to 65. I will find another time to do the measurement again just to be sure. Thanks a lot Reach4 for the detailed explanations and great tips!
Jeff H Young
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i thought he said pressure rises but reach 4 is right if pressure dosent rise cancel the regulator your in good shape !
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