Re: [gardeners] Re: Troubleshooting the water timer
TAREE9595@aol.com (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sat, 8 May 1999 14:48:43 EDT
In a message dated 5/8/99 11:18:03 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
djwarren@usit.net writes:
> When we built a house in California, it was standard to put a pressure
> reducer in the line to the house lest the force do real damage. Reason was
> that this had been a rural area using a lot of water for groves and the
> pressure was designed for mass delivery. Worked fine for the avocado trees
> and no real problem for the house as long as the house plumbing addressed
> the problem.
>
> Donna, Tennessee
I am in CA. And without a reducer you cannot use drip often. They do blow
apart. And valves do not last long at a high PSI even if you can get a
standard system up and running. SO the PRV is pretty standard.
taree