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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    NHBC position on boiling water taps: https://www.nhbc.co.uk/builders/products-and-services/techzone/technical-updates/boiling-water-taps-guidance-for-compliance-with-nhbc-standards-and-building-control Basically, if you have a Quooker, you won't get NHBC sign off without formal relaxion of G3...
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    Chuck is correct. The references to pressure in my last post were sloppy :(.
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    Water boils at 110 deg C at about 1.4 bar, so the pressure in the tank must be at least that. I guess that the sequence is that when you open the tap the pressure drops to atmospheric and the water coming up the spout boils. Cold water enters the tank and it heated. The pressure in the tank...
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    Basically you drill a hole in the sink waste pipe and screw in a fitting that comes with the tap. Then you connect the bottom of the tundish to the screwed-in fitting with a flexible hose, making sure there a U in it to get a seal.
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    Quooker website: 'The water is delivered in a fine aerated spray rather than a solid jet, ensuring that you are able to move your hands to safety in time.' Maybe, but I can't find a video anywhere of someone doing that.
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    Yep, a regular drip out through the pressure relief valve on the supply pipe. I'm not sure that a drip would be a concern. More wasteful than a vessel I guess.
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    I can't find a definitive answer on this but AFAIK Quookers are not WRAS approved.
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    Not notifiable, but I thought that the regs still applied.
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    I thought G3 was just about notification requirements? I can't find anything that says that the regs don't apply. Othwewise you could install anything. I stand to be corrected on that though.
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    Yep. The one I saw today didn't even work that well. A dribble of sputtery water and a load of steam. It was bloody hot water, but that's about all you can say for it. If you were making a pot of tea you'd be standing there all day.
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    Not daft at all. I was talking to a guy who owns one today and asking him how it worked. He said that the Quooker guy told him that the tank was full of superheated steam and that cold water flowed through the steam and turned into boiling water. Scary stuff.
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    3 litres of water at 110 degrees C (or 7 litres if you buy the big one). Surely that's a hot water storage system?
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    Quooker...is 110 degree water really ok?

    Maybe, but I'm not sure that the fact that there's only one tap stops it being a hot water system.
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