Recent content by steve tym

The air charge in the tank should be two psi less than the turn on pressure. When the system is off and the tank is drained. That's not the issue.

The pump draws less amps when dead headed because it's not doing any work. Moving water is work, building pressure really isn't any work, the impellers are just spinning.

Be careful dead heading the pump. The pump may make enough pressure to blow stuff up. The motor is water lubricated and water cooled. It needs to have water flowing past it to keep it cool. If there is no water flowing thru the pump long enough, it will melt the guts of the pump.

I don't think a smaller zone valve will cure that.

Pressure regulator first, flow control second.

How about a flow control, like a Dole flow control? https://www.rcworst.com/Shared/content/mfr/eaton_corp/docs/dolevalve_specifications.pdf

Simple, use a gate valve. Much easier to control. More costly, use a pressure regulator such as a watts U5B. Or, change nozzles so every zone uses the same amount of water.

Hey oaktree, Pittsburg finally got a cell tower.

And the manager, and the truck driver and the secratary and the boss and the .......

Crank up the wages and there won't be job's left to have.

Yeah, but the burger flipper isn't getting minimum wage, he's getting $18.00 an hour, really, at five guys in my area.

With minimum wage going up the way it is, everybody is looking for ways to automate. It's cheaper than hiring a human being. See what happens when the kid flipping burgers gets $18 an hour.

Diesel gen, because in the zombie appocolypes, everybody around here has 275 gallons of diesel in their basement. Who's gonna bring you propane? High priced prepper food. Guns, because civilization will break down. Coming to my house? bring the 3 F's. Food, fuel, firearms. Short term, the...

How about if the parents did that instead of the govt.?

I bought some Flexzilla hoses I'm pretty happy with.