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| Thread ID: 94009 | 2008-10-10 18:47:00 | Plumbing 101 - showers etc | pctek (84) | PC World Chat |
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| 711327 | 2008-10-10 18:47:00 | There are 2 separate and not related systems. 1)Mains water = connected to a town supply versus those using tank or bore water. 2)Mains (the source of the confusion) pressure and low pressure. It should be called HIGH pressure not mains. 95% of homes already have low pressure systems regardless of being on town water or not. Well 95% of the average homes - can't comment on homes in Remuera. If you buy high pressure shower mixers, sink mixers, taps etc and connect them to a low pressure system, then the hot water dribbles out slower than I can pee. But low pressure fittings on a low pressure system gives a proper flow rate. THis is the biggest mistake people make, husband sees it all the time because people think they have high pressure and buy the wrong product. You can also have a high pressure system in your house even if you use tank water. One example is the $29million farm husband was at this week. They had high pressure installed so they could have showers/baths with spa jets etc. There is one other factor for those with a header tank - how high up that tank is. Ours is fine, friends is a bit sad but it doesn't necessarily affect your shower - again it depends on the fittings. What is does affect is how fast your washing machine fills. Husband also thinks its a trivial issue, both the building code, and more so, peoples overreaction to it. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 711328 | 2008-10-10 22:31:00 | The so-called over-reaction is not so much about the pressures but the current bunch of communists telling us how to live our lives. | wotz (335) | ||
| 711329 | 2008-10-10 22:34:00 | Did you see on the news the other evening that Starbucks keep a tap running hot water for the whole time they are open? Apparently in one of the Auckland areas they are targeting them to stop this practice as this really is a waste of water | gary67 (56) | ||
| 711330 | 2008-10-10 23:30:00 | Did you see on the news the other evening that Starbucks keep a tap running hot water for the whole time they are open? Apparently in one of the Auckland areas they are targeting them to stop this practice as this really is a waste of water Any idea why they do that? |
Greven (91) | ||
| 711331 | 2008-10-11 01:14:00 | Any idea why they do that? They said it was for hygiene reasons - probably for utensils that have had milk on them. It's still a completely unnecessary practice though - why not just autoclave them like other places do?? |
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