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Is your tap running Hot & Cold?A common cause of water temperature fluctuation in the house or at a fixture is a blocked or partially blocked tempering valve.The tempering valve will have filter baskets at both the hot and cold inlet side of the valve which should be checked.By isolating the incoming water on both sides of the valve and simply removing the obstruction or particulates maybe enough to restore correct operation.Quick link - Temperature Control …

Quick explanation is the anode protects the tank "inner shell" from corrosion by sacrificing itself. Water over time will eventually corrode most materials that tanks are manufactured from, the anode is used to protect the inner hot water storage tank, the expensive part!Usually anodes are positioned to run "tip to toe" protecting the whole tank, they can be straight or we stock flexible ones for hard to access tanks. The anode in the tank attracts the corrosion rather than the the corrosion att …

Freezing temperatures are almost upon us, we have taken a few calls and emails regards replacement frost valves for solar hot water systems. We have answered a couple of common questions below which should help you out.Q. What types of solar hot water systems require a solar frost valve?A. There are two main types of solar hot water systems available on the market, Flat plate collectors and Evacuated tubes collectors. Flat Plate collectors using "open loop" usually require frost valves. Flat pla …

Plumbonline have had great success with our Water Treatment Technology by DELTA. In their latest success story Delta have turned around the fortunes of Lime tree orchardist Phil Oliver's business. Since he installed the Delta bore water treatment system. Phil initially installed a Grade 4 Delta unit to treat his highly saline bore water in Northern Queensland and he quickly saw the benefits. "I immediately started seeing the results with the new shoots coming through the branches that were sti …

High temperature solar non return valve - NVHT- 15F-15C  The AVG high temperature solar non return valve provides the necessary protection for the components in your Hot water system and your appliances. In addition to this it ensures the solar hot water system operates efficiently by eliminating thermo syphoning overnight*. As modern solar hot water systems can produce hot water well in excess of 100⁰c the system can come up to temperature very quickly. Water can super …