Question about moving pressure gauges for better reading

[C Wolford]

Installing water filter, with bypass. I have a 2 T(s) I will be putting pressure gauges in one before and one after.

instead of screwing the gauge in to the T with an adapter, could I run pex line from that T where I would have the pressure gauges installed, to another spot a few feet away that would make reading the pressure gauges easier?

aka a pressure gauges attached to the T but on a lead.

Thanks for your time

 

[LLigetfa]

Yes, you can run a long smaller sense line provided the water is not so nasty as to plug that line.

 

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[Reach4]

The reading will be great. I don't think people do it, but having a provision for sanitizing makes sense.

 

[ditttohead]

Correct, it is called a dead leg in plumbing. You should avid doing this but it is not always feasible. The water will sit in that section of tubing.

 

[LLigetfa]

Installing water filter, with bypass...

Is the bypass built into the filter housing or will you make your own with fittings and a valve? If you make your own, then mount the valve between the two gauges and it will flush the lines whenever the valve is opened.

 

[C Wolford]

after reading the comments, and my own current thoughts on dead legs and questions I had about them. It hit me I was creating a dead leg, as dittohead pointed out. I think this is what Reach4 was gettting at with "provision for sanitizing". It seems this Idea is a good one, but may require more money for a auto purge system, or may require knowledge and skills That are out of my reach. I will see if I can rearrange appliances or placement of pipes so It will allow for easy reading. Unless someone can point me to techniques to handle a "sense line" with "provision for sanitizing". I will google this. I know there is not much in the DIY books about out of normal applications. the one plumbing course book I have is not a lot of use with out correct terms. Anyways thank you all for your input.

Questions about dead legs:
How do we not get any ill effects from:
A house bib not being used for so long?
A kitchen sink spray house not being used but full of watter?
A water filter bypass that sits for 6 months to 1 year?

 

[Reach4]

but may require more money for a auto purge system,

If you were to provide such a provision, there would be no need for it to be automated. I figure to sanitize maybe every two years. It seems to me that a small drain valve teed in at the gauge would let you feed the disinfecting water thru the pipe/tube.

When you sanitize, you make it a point to run the treated water through all paths including the humidifier tubing, and certainly hose spigots. Basically open the valve until you detect treated water. Some use the nose. I use test paper. https://terrylove.com/forums/index....izing-extra-attention-to-4-inch-casing.65845/ is my sanitizing write-up.