This small device can significantly ease our lives. Attachment to the crane help warm water or to clear it of extraneous inclusions, chlorine illuminate sink and even save on utilities.
What is attachment on the crane?
Showerheads called compact device as a cylinder fixed on the end of the tap or shower head hose. The product comes complete with just a couple of details: the very tip and adapter, with which it is screwed to the tap or mixer. The device takes up little space, is easy to install and can be quickly removed if necessary.
types of baits
There are several types of nozzles on the crane:
- to save water: it reduces the quantity arriving per unit of time of the tap liquid due to saturation of the air jet; force of the water pressure, however, remains unchanged; such devices are often called aerators;
- luminous nozzle on the faucet: mounted LEDs instantly activated when it arrives in the liquid; this tip helps not only save energy, but also visually determine the water temperature; If the tap is almost boiling water jet becomes red at a temperature up to + 44 ° C is colored in green; if the water is too cold, below 31 ° C, the color changes to blue;
- touch: after installing the water activated only when the tap were offered to the hands; no touch to the device is required; energy source is penlight batteries;
- for hot water with built-in mini-Tan: despite its small size, such devices are quite powerful, but require a large power consumption; however they are often used in cottages or during seasonal off hot water;
- children: the product of plastic or thermoplastic rubber, provided with an extension that simplifies access to the tap - a child is much easier to reach it; dyed in a bright color, a nozzle for children and makes the process of washing dentifrice much fun;
- Filter nozzle: fitted mesh inlay or porous ion-exchange membrane intended for water treatment and its mitigation; depending on the model is capable of passing per second from 0.2 to 6 liters of liquid.
By design, the nozzle on the faucet is divided into:
- unregulated: without regulatory pressure force;
- adjustable: with pressure booster, most often used in shower heads;
- rotary type: in products such jets inclination angle can be easily changed by simply moving the hand nozzle in the desired direction.
Aerator for saving water
It is estimated that in the fully open the tap per minute from it translates to 12 liters of liquid. Such an amount is often not necessary - for showering or washing dishes it takes much less. But just enough to cover the tap - and the pressure is reduced.
Water saving compact nozzle on-off valve (aerator) can significantly reduce the intensity of the flow leaving the pressure force at the same level. Displacement of the jet to 70% of water and its replacement by air is performed by several meshes with minute cells stacked in a cylindrical container. The first two of them are used for rough cleaning effluent, as well as set the direction of the jet. The remaining grid designed for mixing water with air.
Saving water after installation of the device becomes quite significant. Plus when saturated air jet wash becomes more comfortable. Soft stream no longer splashes in all directions. About shell liquid does not hit, but only gently washes her. Plus during aeration of the water erodes chloro.
The most durable and durable products made of brass. To protect them from scum is further coated with a silicone coating. A lot of time can last for steel products. Devices also made of plastic fail most often - they have to constantly change. Some manufacturers together with aerators Recessed LED original attachment on the crane with illumination.
filter tips
Such a device helps to filter water and release it from rust impurities, chloro, various kinds of salts, which increase its rigidity and mechanical impurities. Construction and operation of products from different manufacturers can vary slightly.
Filtering techniques such products are divided into:
- mechanically cleaning in the form of a fine mesh: simple devices that can only delay the particles up to 100 microns, to cope with the same chemical or biological contamination they can not;
- Adsorption: equipped with porous tab capable of absorbing even the smallest impurity; for normal water filtering requires a pressurized system;
- an ion exchange membrane: able to clean liquid from the majority of species of impurities (rust, active chlorine, petroleum, biological inclusions), without reducing the pressure, some types of attachments help limit water salinity.
Of course, the performance of such filters is low - in contrast to the full treatment systems, the nozzle can pass through itself, only a small amount of water. However, for drinking or cooking cartridge life of food is enough. If it is required to fill a bucket or basin of water for washing or cleaning floors, you will need to switch on without cleaning mode or completely remove the filter.
Important! Note also that in certain types of such nozzles do not pass the hot water. If this should happen, the unit must be rinsed with 5 liters of cold water.
Apparatus for heating water
Instantaneous heater - a device for instant water heating - is able to heat it to a temperature of 45-60 ° C. Such devices have a small thickness to 3.5 kW and can heat up to 3 liters of water per minute, therefore used primarily in cottages or apartments at a time off the hot water supply.
A heating element which is made of copper or steel PETN. Turning heating occurs automatically - to receive hot water sufficient to open the valve. To serve this flow sensor, comprising a device for admission of water. This same device associated with the thermostat allows the device to protect against overheating in the absence of water in the system.
Water heater-head to standard valve can be mounted immediately on the gander. Sometimes these devices are built directly into the mixer. The first option has less power and is more suitable for single use - washing hands or a small number of dishes. For taking a shower is better to buy a mixer with a built-in nozzle.
Most models are equipped with a temperature controller. The heating system may be hydraulic or stepwise when the temperature depends on the quantity of consumed liquid. When the pressure sensor embedded heating element is switched off at too low (to avoid overheating) and elevated pressure.
How to fix the product?
Due to the simplicity of design to establish a similar device is easy. It is equipped with two-way adapter (external and internal) thread and easily screwed into a standard faucet threads. When buying products pay attention to the tool diameter. It should match the diameter of the tap. Install such a device will not work only on the Gusakov old model without grid-aerator in which the thread is not provided.
To connect the device with just a few actions:
- with tap unscrewed mesh;
- instead it is screwed into the adapter included in the package;
- for sealing connection between them gander rubber sealing ring is mounted;
- the adapter is screwed onto the nozzle itself.
Recommended use
Special care device is not required. In case the obstruction (as in the presence of contaminated water or old rusty pipes it can happen quite often) you will need to unscrew the nozzle from the kitchen tap or mixer and thoroughly cleaned.
Turn it should be clockwise. To work need a wrench or pliers. Required to act very carefully, without undue effort, to prevent cross threading.
Structure must first disassemble. The aerator that consistently removed mesh arranged in a cylinder. To do this you must click on them from the jet exit. The strainer is removed by slipping it laterally screwdriver.
After carefully removing the nozzle it clears old toothbrush and washed with running water. Fine sand and debris, zabivshiysya into the net, carefully push a needle or toothpick. The resulting scum was removed by placing the nozzle into a container of 9 percent vinegar. To get rid of rust can be by chemical means, intended for the cleaning of sanitary equipment.
It is also necessary to evaluate the condition of the rubber gasket. If it has worn off, it is replaced by a new one.
After purification, the product is collected again. Filter mesh is placed so that the wires which make up the mesh are not shifted. After laying rubber washer nozzle spin counterclockwise.
Tip! In order not to damage the coating, loosening / tightening its outer side nozzle or pliers wrap strip of cotton fabric or tape.
