I've never had a disaster and I turn my water off every *every* time i leave
the house. Even if it's to go to the back 40 shooting range for an hour.
If you only used 10,000 gallons in a 3 day leak, it must have been a small
one. I used 18,000 when my garden hose blew up and we were gone for 23
hours. ('course i have 123 psi of pressure also, only on the frost free
garden hose outlet out in the yard) The house is regulated to about 63.

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"KC" wrote in message
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On Dec 10, 10:36 am, "

the fire got out of hand causing 50 grand in damages... that could of
easily been prevented if the homowner hadnt stressed about leaving his
home for the day and turning off the water.

you cant be perfectly safe

Point well taken, however......
I left for a 3 day minivacation and a water line in the house broke.
10,000 gallons of water flooded the house while I was gone. Yeah, I
was paranoid and turned the water off everytime I left for about a
year. It takes time to get over those things.

KC