Friday :: 03 July 2009 :: 10:23 PM
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Build This Test Unit For Water Pressure
Here is a handy device you can build to check the water pressure of your home plumbing system. Correct working water pressure is important for the proper operation of your plumbing system and fixtures. This handy tool will be an effective instrument for troubleshooting your system.
Building this tool is simple and requires only two brass parts and a gauge. From left to right:
- Female Hose to FIP Swivel: 3/4" x 1/2"
- Male Pipe to FIP Hex Bushing 1/2" x 1/4"
- One Pressure Gauge with a 1/4" NPT connection
Put this together by assemblying the parts. Some people use pipe dope on the joints but I stand by the rule that brass on brass needs no thread dope. Assemble the parts tightly with two ten inch adjustable wrenches: fifty to ninety pounds torque should be adequate.
After the unit is assembled, take it outside and install it on a hosebib. Turn on the water and read the pressure. Be sure to turn the water off before trying to remove the unit. This unit will install onto most laundry sink faucets, as well.
The cost to put this project together is modest: the two brass parts total about eight dollars and the gauge will run from twelve dollars to twenty-five dollars (unless you want to buy something elaborate). If your local hardware store does not have the swivel in the 3/4" x 1/2", you may purchase the more prevalent 3/4" x 3/4" swivel, insert a 3/4" x 1/2" bushing, then install the 1/2" x 1/4" bushing into that and then install the gauge. Where there is a will, there is a way!
Hope this is helpful and enjoy!
Random Humor: Ancient Commie Joke
A cold winter day and a long queue is forming in front of a Russian butcher shop on news of the arrival of a shipment of meat. By opening time, the queue is several blocks long. The manager comes out and announces that the shipment is delayed and less than anticipated and asks all Jews to leave the queue.
A little later the manager announces the shipment is stilled delayed and less than expected and requests all those under twenty-one years old to leave the queue.
Early afternoon, the manager once again apologizes that the shipment is late and even less than expected and all those under forty-five should leave the queue.
Around 6pm he comes out once again with the same announcement and asks all those under seventy to leave the queue. Finally at closing he announces the shipment has failed to arrive and there is no meat.
Upon hearing the announcement, one Russian says to another, "See, those darn Jews win every time!"