Please Help, Have Problem With Solar Hot Water Heater

maleko

OK OK OK ,, I am pretty sure i have found the problem,, way to much water pressure at the house, are you ready for this 160psi everywhere in the house i put a water pressure gauge on everything 160psi at the tank , in the shower, at the hose bibs.. etc.. get this they have no pressure regulator on their main water line . WTF?? i cant believe more hasnt burst. so there we go 160psi with a 150psi valve, equal burst....
so this week i have to install the regulator on the main line...

naptown CR

Glad you found the problem.
You might want to call the water utility and report the condition there may be more problems in the neighborhood and they may correct it.

bwalley

Glad you found it.

They didn't have problems with the fill valves in the toilets?

You would have thought they would have realized something was up when they turned on a faucet or the shower.

maleko

And get this..... some of the water lines to the house and some of the irrigation lines are electrical conduit... not pvc...are they even pressure rated??? the sad thing this is like a million dollar home

bwalley

It could be that they had the electrician do the Plumbing, since they are having a carpenter fix the solar system, I guess they need more plumbers.

The grey electrical conduit is PVC, it is just colored grey so you know it is electrical, but it is not rated for water.

The water lines inside the house should be CPVC.

maleko

[quote=bwalley;760744]It could be that they had the electrician do the Plumbing, since they are having a carpenter fix the solar system, I guess they need more plumbers.

HAHA ha very funny bwalley.....

BCConstruction

Dam man thats about 10bar . No wonder it leaked lol. I never seen pressures like that. I think the biggest pump i have ever installed was a 8 bar and that thing would blow fossets and toilet vavles when they shut down.

What sort of head of water and pressure can them well pumps reach? Never installed a well pump or even seen one?

maleko

No wells on the island, no fresh water in the ground only salt water, the water is pumped about 20 plus miles form the mountains in man made holding areas, gravity fed down the mountain in 18inch pipes to a pump station then pumped over the mountain to my side of the island, and since im on ocean front the water is gravity fed down hill about 5 miles at 2000 feet elevation so there is alot of pressure behind it, hence the 160psi coming through 6 inch mains then sent to the water meters at the property, but i cant believe the installer who did the water lines never put a regulator on. your right i cant believe more things didnt burst...

BCConstruction

Thats crazy pressure. No pressure reducing valve is a big no no though at them pressures. We got 4.5bar here and it's like a dam pressure washer.

maleko

I just spoke with a guy who works at the water company and he told me that 160psi at the meter is normal, and get this he said the last house on the water main at the end of the road has 235psi at the water meter before the pressure regulator, man no wonder i get awesome pressure when i wash my truck

BCConstruction

Must be able to have an awesome shower lol