More than we Need to Know about the Hot-Water
@mythociate (21432)
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
July 11, 2022 11:13am CST
Running the hot water for my instant coffee today, I wondered at it (because--like I asked about 7 or 8 years ago--I wondered 'Why we've got to wait for it to "turn hot"' (which @owlwings answered at the link ... even tho (I hear) the plumbing works different in England) and 'why we don't have to wait for the cold water to turn cold').
https://www.mylot.com/post/2817819/how-does-hot-tap-water-work
That second question's answer is obvious from the diagram---the pipe (connected to the community's water-supply) lets the faucets pull out the cold water before it gets to the water-heater.
A few things aren't apparent from the diagram: What makes the water flow through the faucets? (I know it's "water pressure," but What is water-pressure?)... and lots of other questions I'm just glad I don't have to wonder ...
Do you know how it works? or have any other questions about it?
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
12 Jul 22
I have read what @owlwings wrote and it made perfect sense.
About water pressure, the amount of pressure at your tap can depend on how high the reservoir is above your home. It can also depends on how much water the others are using at the same time. The houses/apartments at the top of a hill usually have lower pressure than properties at the bottom. This is everything I know.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
12 Jul 22
I think--in most places in America (other than the mountain-ranges)--our water-pressure is controlled---maybe by the sewage-treatment plants, or maybe it's somewhere else where they 'pump the water into the pipes.'
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
12 Jul 22
@mythociate I know that the water pressure of our drinking water is controlled by the aqueduct and it is usually 3 bar. In case of high demand of water they increase the water pressure.
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@mythociate (21432)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
11 Jul 22
I hear they use 'separate faucets for hot- & for cold-water' over there ... are you saying that--aside from the faucets--England's plumbing works the same?
