Do you know what these pipe connections are?

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• Mar 1, 2019

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Hi all

I moved into a new house last year and under the kitchen sink the pipework has what looks like 2 filter connections but I have never seen these before and having ploughed through the internet I can't find any products that look similar. Even went into a couple of stores including Selco and Wickes asked staff and no one had a clue.

Does anyone know what they are? I want to know if its something that needs regular replacement, new parts etc.

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• Mar 1, 2019

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Anti flood devices

 

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Agreed no servicing required

 

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Thank you. So they just stay attached permanently and no regular action is needed for them. Thought they were some sort of water filters and softener. Oh well.

 

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AJO said:

Thank you. So they just stay attached permanently and no regular action is needed for them. Thought they were some sort of water filters and softener. Oh well.

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As the guys have said it's an anti-flood device. There is hose within a hose and if the inner hose bursts, the outer hose fills with water eventually reaching that "control box" looking thing which has some kind of float valve I believe and that shuts off the supply to the leaky hose within.

 

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• Mar 2, 2019

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Also incorporates a scale reducer.

 

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• Mar 2, 2019

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kozak1968 said:

Also incorporates a scale reducer.

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Really, Can you prove this? I don’t see any manufacturer wasting money on snake oil products... as the only scale reducer small enough to fit, would be a magnetic item

Where’s the whistling emoji

 

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• Mar 3, 2019

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This may be of interest
Aqua stop hoses for washing machines & dishwashers : Whitegoodshelp

 

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• Mar 3, 2019

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kozak1968 said:

Also incorporates a scale reducer.

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One of the reason I thought it might by a water softener is that when I first moved in the water was clear. Washing glasses and cutlery left no water stains which I used to get a lot in my old house in the same area. Its a very hard water region. Now seem to get more and more water stains which us why i thought it maybe something that needed replacement/new filter etc.

Can't quite work out why the water seemed the first few months but now hard again. How can i confirm if it has a scale reducer?

 

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• Mar 3, 2019

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nobody has said its a water supply to a white good appliance

 

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• Mar 3, 2019

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quality said:

nobody has said its a water supply to a white good appliance

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So they is only connected to the washing machine and dish washer?

 

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• Mar 3, 2019

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AJO said:

So they is only connected to the washing machine and dish washer?

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Yep. Spot on. Good on Quality for pointing out the 'bleedin' obvious (to US)

 

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• Mar 3, 2019

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AJO said:

Can't quite work out why the water seemed the first few months but now hard again. How can i confirm if it has a scale reducer?

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I think you will find dishwashers have built in softeners, which is why you have to put salt in them. Try using rinse aid.

 

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Dannyk said:

I think you will find dishwashers have built in softeners, which is why you have to put salt in them. Try using rinse aid.

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The clear glasses and cutlery was from normal tap washing so that mystery is still there.

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AJO said:

The clear glasses and cutlery was from normal tap washing so that mystery is still there.

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If you are describing glasses that have gone 'cloudy' after washing in a dishwasher, try soaking a sample in warm vinegar for about 20 minutes.

If it comes out shiny then the problem was limescale due hard water and you just need to have a session vinegar-treating all your glasses.

If it's still cloudy the glass has been attacked (etched/corroded) by the dishwasher chemicals you are using. You can get formulations that claim not to do this but I don't think that the damage already done is reversible.