💪 Enhance Efficiency with the Wilkins 34 70XL Pressure Regulator Review

It replaced a 12 year old Cash Acme at my home on the island of Hawaii where the water pressure in the area is about 110 psi. The old machine was unstable and the mild steel bell housing was badly rusted. The replacement Zurn 70XL is slightly longer than the replaced unit, but the water line is HDPE, so there was a lot of flexibility with the installation. Hawaii is a very harsh environment (humidity, salty air) so I replaced the standard mild steel set screw and locknut with stainless steel…

Bought a water pressure gauge and found my 25 year old Wilkins 34-70 regulator was no longer venting external pressure. The anti-freeze holes in our meter burst two summers ago when the water company was doing extensive work nearby. I'm glad that any excess pressure that may have been involved didn't blow anything up in the house. Whatever the reason, the pressure in the house is now 84psi (not that bad, but I'll sleep better knowing I have a working regulator). So I went online for a…

I originally wanted to replace our regulator, but the location of the old pressure regulator prevented me from replacing it. The fact is that it was delimited by a floor beam and a wall built directly below. I could not remove this single union connection. This could have been a much bigger task if the design of this product hadn't been backwards compatible within the controller. I was able to gut the new one, clean the old one and replace the broken parts inside. I really appreciate Wilkins'…