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Pressure Regulator Comparison

Pressure Regulator Comparison. What should your regulator do…. REGULATE. OR STRANGULATE?. How do you define a good regulator?. By how little the actual downstream pressure deviates from the set point. How the Test was done…. Regulators purchased from Authorized Distributors Set at 30 psi

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Pressure Regulator Comparison

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  1. Pressure Regulator Comparison What should your regulator do… REGULATE OR STRANGULATE?

  2. How do you define a good regulator? By how little the actual downstream pressure deviates from the set point.

  3. How the Test was done… • Regulators purchased from Authorized Distributors • Set at 30 psi • Using city water averaging 95 PSI • Downstream ball valve slowly opened to allow 6 gpm flow

  4. Test #1 The Discount Regulator

  5. Preset at 30 psi

  6. Drops to about 7½ psi

  7. Test #2 An Internationally known brand

  8. Preset at 30 psi

  9. Drops to 14 psi

  10. Test #3 Plast-O-Matic spring loaded regulator

  11. Preset at 30 psi

  12. Drops to 23 psi

  13. Test #4 Plast-O-Matic air loaded regulator & patented Stabilizer

  14. Preset at 30 psi

  15. Drops to 29.5 psi

  16. Plast-O-Matic Regulators • Better flow • Less Drop-off from set pressure

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