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

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

4. 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

5. Test #1 The Discount Regulator

6. Preset at 30 psi

7. Drops to about 7½ psi

8. Test #2 An Internationally known brand

9. Preset at 30 psi

10. Drops to 14 psi

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

12. Preset at 30 psi

13. Drops to 23 psi

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

15. Preset at 30 psi

16. Drops to 29.5 psi

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