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Old 04-27-2011, 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Myka View Post
I have 65 psi when a 150 gpd flow restrictor is used. If flow is completely blocked there is a little under 70 psi. When water bypasses the flow restrictor through the 1/4" tubing the pressure gauge only reads around 30 psi. Less resistance, less pressure. Yours is probably similar.
naa mine isnt like that but only because I use a pump to supply my water at 120 PSI. it still drops off a bit but only to about 90 PSI because the volume of the pump is good enough to keep the PSI up.

I do think your drop through a 1/4" line is a little large. befor my pump in my old house I would get about a 3 PSI drop, not 35 PSI, but I guess that could have to do in how you are supplying the water and where the PSI is measured.

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