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Post# 140153 , Reply# 8   7/4/2006 at 19:06 (6,503 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)   |   | |
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To go back int hsi thread quite a few panels, Methinks non-pressurized hot water mains is a UK anomaly. Everywhere else in the world, the hot water heater delivers pressurized hot from the tap. Please correct me if I am mistaken. Again to re-iterate, IMHO a gravity-fed hot water line, from a cistern in the soffit (water storage tank in attic) to specifically feed a non-pressurized cylinder (hot water heater) is a Brit-specific thing. I beleive the logic is old-fashined heat exhchaning tanks were heat came forma fossil=-fuel source originally were simply fitted with an electrical element. The UK systme avoids the need to have a tank that can withstand pressure. Indeed there is no pressure-releif expasion valve needed. [Also electrical ring-circuits, I believe, are a UK-specific thing, which is why plugs for EACH electric item to be plugged in to a power-point (outlet) are fused. The fuse makes yours (Brit ones)huge. Every flex cord and appliance is, by necessity, fused!] CLICK HERE TO GO TO toggleswitch's LINK |