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Old 05-30-2011, 10:58 PM   #1
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Default Water pressure to high.

In my cabin I planted a lawn and set up a sprinkler system to water while I am not there but the pressure is so high it is popping heads off every time it turns on. Is there a pressure reducer that I can add just before the sprinkler valve?

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Old 05-31-2011, 12:24 AM   #2
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Yes. Any residential type pressure reducer should work. Watts Brass & Tubular N55BU M1-3/4 Water Pressure Reducing Valve
Didn't add the link, just posted it so that you can copy and Google it. It's 3/4". your reg will be sized by the piping it connects to.
Having a boiler drain on the other side of the regulator will allow you to accurately adjust the pressure and also by installing it with a union on both inlet and outlet you can easily remove it for winterizing. Not sure if that would be necessary, but then again I've never been to your camp.
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Yeah, that sounds like one of those Beer drinking weekends where us guys have to take a close look. It's not one of those easy to diagnose over the Forum kind of things. Maybe Deer season, or....
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I'd also like to assist on this diagnosis!
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Old 06-01-2011, 01:18 AM   #5
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Party at Chris's cabin!!!

Who's supplying the hookers?
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Old 06-01-2011, 02:00 PM   #6
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I'll get the hookers and blow as you long as you brew up some good beer. Whens a good weekend for you guys. My boats on the lake and my jeeps in the driveway.
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Sorry, not available to part until July, 2022. That's when the youngest one will graduate and I can start some REAL livin.
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Sorry, not available to part until July, 2022. That's when the youngest one will graduate and I can start some REAL livin.
You might get a year out of it, then it's Grandkids. Make the best of it when you can.
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You're that old, huh?
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Old 06-03-2011, 12:57 PM   #10
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You're that old, huh?
Yeah, but lets keep it our secret.

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