"Wilbur Hubbard" wrote in
anews.com:

I disagree. It probably IS 115psi. I think there is a faulty
regulating valve that serves that part of town's distribution system.
Transmission mains can be pressurized up to 150psi.

http://www.watts.com/pro/_products.asp?catId=69

These valves should reduce that pressure to 50-60psi for residential
use. House plumbing is not rated for much more than 80 psi.

Wilbur Hubbard



Thanks, Wilbur. I'm going to contact them tomorrow after my adrenaline
stops flowing so hard. The guage I'm using is new, a really nice one.
I've checked it before and, down here on the lowest point of the system,
the pressure has always been in the 80-90 PSI range right here on the
river. The only garden hoses that can survive are the best nylon
reinforced ones. Those little pressure washer nozzles clean the black
right off the patio at that pressure.

Well, the bathroom's very clean, tonight, from its "pressure
washing"....even the walls!

I'm feeling better and the cursing has mostly stopped.....

I was NOT a pleasant person around noon.......dammit.