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UKMax
Hi all,
Really great to be treated to your hands-on experience. Thanks.
I'm not a plumber, but I am a mechanical engineer working on fluid systems, which is similar, and I've come across something that confuses me.
My plumber explained that he cannot connect pump to the mains water supply to supply a shower (the hot water comes from a tank so is OK). I accept this may be the case, but why?
Is it because of the mains pressure being a bit high for pump inlet (they are typically max 1 bar)? Is it a 'catch-all' reg to stop someone abusing the mains supply (in which case it doesn't really apply to one shower). Is it something else?
I stress I'm not looking for a reason to cheat the reg, but I genuinely don't understand the technical reason for the ban. Can you help?
Max
Really great to be treated to your hands-on experience. Thanks.
I'm not a plumber, but I am a mechanical engineer working on fluid systems, which is similar, and I've come across something that confuses me.
My plumber explained that he cannot connect pump to the mains water supply to supply a shower (the hot water comes from a tank so is OK). I accept this may be the case, but why?
Is it because of the mains pressure being a bit high for pump inlet (they are typically max 1 bar)? Is it a 'catch-all' reg to stop someone abusing the mains supply (in which case it doesn't really apply to one shower). Is it something else?
I stress I'm not looking for a reason to cheat the reg, but I genuinely don't understand the technical reason for the ban. Can you help?
Max