What’s The Deal With Electronic Taps?
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If you’re passionate about making your home energy-efficient, you’ve probably already heard about electronic plumbing. So what’s the fuss about electronic taps and is it really worth the remodel? Electronic taps have taken off in many design sectors in the last few years and can make a great addition to a home. Here are five key benefits to revolutionising your plumbing with a little electricity.
1. Conserves water
Automatic taps are designed to save water. Manually turning a tap off and on may seem natural and inconsequential, but over time can amount to significant water wastage. Activated through an infa-red movement-sensor mechanism, automatic taps will never be accidentally left on or start dripping annoyingly in the middle of the night. Many models are designed to shut off water flow after a particular time limit as insurance for the unlikely possibility of a foreign object accidentally setting off the mechanism.
2. Saves money
Reduced water consumption means reduced water bills and a lower climate footprint. Producing and installing automatic taps does require energy and financial investment, and of course the sensor tap operates itself through battery or mains power, but the significance of long-term savings cannot be overlooked.
3. Low maintenance
Automatic taps don’t require a huge amount of cleaning. Most flow issues can be resolved by simply resetting the power source. The filter will occasionally need to be checked for mineral build-up.
4. Health and hygiene benefits
Since the 1980s, automatic taps have been a standard in airports and many public toilet facilities - this is precisely because they minimise the spread of germs across users. There’s no getting around the fact that manual taps see a lot of human traffic and come into contact with dirty hands by definition. Contact-free operation is a great way around this. Automatic taps are especially well-suited to the elderly or people with arthritis and other conditions which may make manual operation difficult or painful. They also prevent hot-water scalding.
5. Enhances lifestyle
Automatic taps were traditionally designed for use in public facilities, such as office blocks and schools, or for industrial-scale cleaning operations, such as in animal-handling or commercial food production. Now, however, there is a rapidly growing market for domestic designs, and an extensive range of colours, styles and features to choose from. Many are pre-programmable in terms of water temperature, pressure and duration.
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