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The handles you twist to turn on the water are connected to valves. Those valves have hard rubber washers which seal them shut. Those washers wear out. They are easy to replace. The water to the house or apartment must be turned off before they can be replaced. It takes about two minutes to replace the washers. It can take days to get someone to turn off the water to an apartment so the washers can be replaced. New York City loses thousands of gallons of water each day to leaky washers. Apartment owners pay a fixed fee for water. They do not bother to pay to have washers replaced.
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What is a bib tap?
A bib tap is a plumbing part. This is what allows the water to flow when you turn on your faucet and is what stops the water flow when it is turned off.
When does a drip become a flow of water?
A drip becomes a flow of water when the handle is turned. Turning a faucet handle will open the spout and allow more water to flow through.
Why do you have to turn on two faucets for one to get hot water?
If you have an instantaneous hot water heater, and your faucet doesn't flow enough water it won't turn on the water heater. Thus requiring another faucet to be turned on.
If you open the faucet then it will increase the flow of water what is confonunding and intervening variable in this example?
if i open the faucet, then it will increase the flow of water?
You left your water running seven hours how many gallons did that waste?
To know for certain, you'd need to measure your water flow from your faucet at the rate it was turned on, but if its a newer faucet, then if you have pretty good water pressure (60 psi), the faucet will only flow at 2.2 gallons per minute. Thus if you had the faucet fully open for seven hours you may have wasted as much as 92 gallons.
Why does the toilet run every time a faucet is turned off or when the washer is done filling?
Pressure differences are causing the stop to bounce. This causes temporary water flow in the tank. A new float should take care of this issue.
What causes electrons flow when a switch is turned on?
An electric field causes electrons to flow when a switch is turned on.
What causes electrons to flow when a a switch is turned on?
An electric field causes electrons to flow when a switch is turned on.
What causes electrons to flow when switch is turned on?
An electric field causes electrons to flow when a switch is turned on.
What is Faucet check valve?
Checks the flow of the water
Is the water flow the same on a sink faucet and a bath tub faucet?
It depends on the make of the faucets.
What is a kitchen faucet?
Well a faucet is "A device for regulating the flow of a liquid from a reservoir such as a pipe or drum". In most cases its the neck that is on top of a cink that that water flow out of. If you need any further answers for What is a Faucet? Try Google, that site will save your life.
