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  • Apr 6, 2008, 08:56 AM
    bentorres
    water pressure
    Hello I am doing some self plumbing and need a little help. I have a 500 litre tankon the roof 13 meters up from ground floor I am planning on putting in a 8cm diameter vertical line. Now Iunderstand that pressure will be basically a function of height as in 1300cm cubed meaning pressure = 1.3 kg /cmsquared now the full weight of the water in the line will be roughly 65kg using volume formulas 4cm*4cm*3.14*1300 and 1l=1kg. This is very low water pressure but if I reduce pipe sizeat entry to my floor to say 2cm diameter will the full weight of the water aply to the new area and sky rocket my pressur.
  • Apr 6, 2008, 09:03 AM
    hkstroud
    No. The pressure is a function of the heigth only. Without converting your measurements in metric to something I understand, the pressure will be the same for a small pipe as for a large pipe. The volume will be different but the pressure will remain the same.
  • Apr 6, 2008, 09:30 AM
    bentorres
    I am having a hard time rationalizing that say with a garden house when you constrict the end your pressure increases but flow decreeses right same logic ? Ill put in imperial roughly a 3 inch line 50 feet high full of water and then at bottom I conc down to 1 inch doesn't gain pressure?

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