It's s'posta leak

That s/b more like 30 cents/month not day

(1) Have you had any experience with the comon water-pressure regulator and (2) if so (a) how do you feel about or deal with the drip; (b) are you aware of some sort of more expensive kind that doesn't 'leak' but (c) what do you think about my idea that the drip somehow be instead conducted to the output side of the watering assembly. Not the greatest invention of its kind, but at least the 'leak' wold be put to useful purpose instead of puddling under the timer [or whatever] where it doesn't do much good

Stur, the typical in-line garden pressure regulator has a relief feature that maintains its output pressure even when its output is blocked, for instance when the appliance it feeds is shut off, resulting in an apparent leak. The owner however might interpret the dripping as a malfunction of the regulator

My q asks whether anyone at a2k has experienced this and if so he is worried about the apparent leak in terms of its effect on his water bill

I've tried Googling the subject with no luck whatever

Thank Stur for your curiosity, my apolos for not making this clearer

I'm not a farmer and don't go for automatic devices to do the watering (even though the advisor back in high school recommended my becoming an agriculturist or at least studying agriculture in college - of course I knew better and realized the placement "test" was wrong. It also said I should be a sociologist).


So, where was I?

Oh yes. Never ran into this issue because I never had such a concern about watering.

My concern about a leakage would be twofold. First it could lead to oversaturation of the ground - which could disturb habitats or murder creatures dwelling there and second, it would be a waste of water which might be better used elsewhere. A danger to our ecosystem.


If you can afford the watering system then you can handle the attached costs of water bills. That said, you should still have it checked and either replaced or fixed.

Thank you Stur for that report. Of course dripping from the vent hole is perfectly natural and so is seldom a matter of concern. It only wets the ground a little bit, immediately below
however might trouble someone like me, using one in-line regulator at each of a dozen or so battery timers in a 2.5 acre drip system, where the apparent leaks could consume a total of several thousand gallons a year