Ompompi basekhishini basukela ezikhathini zasendulo ngakho-ke banomlando omude wokugcina amanzi etholakala kalula ezindlini eziningi..

I-faucet yekhishi cishe iyisici esisetshenziswa kakhulu kunoma yiliphi ikhishi. Umndeni omaphakathi ulinganiselwa ukuthi uzocindezela kakhudlwana kunompompi 40 izikhathi ngosuku. Lokho ngokombiko wenkampani ye-KWC. Ngakho-ke kunengqondo ukuthi umuntu kufanele acabange ngompompi wasekhishini ngokucabangisisa, kuhlanganise nendlela yokukhetha okulungile kwesitayela sakho sasekhishini, indlela yokuphila kanye nendlela yokwenza ukuthi ihlale phakathi neminyaka.

I-faucet evamile ingase ihlale iminyaka eyishumi noma ngaphezulu. Eyokuqala ephumayo izoba isiphetho kuyilapho ipulasitiki ne-zinc kukhishwa eminyakeni emihlanu nje kuphela. Qiniseka ukuthi wenza umpompi wekhishi lakho uhlale isikhathi eside ngokugcina ukuphela nangokungasebenzisi ama-abrasives noma i-ammonia.

AmaRoma Asendulo in the 1000 BC wasebenzisa ompompi besiliva. Ku 1700 BC, Indawo yaseMinoan yaseKnossos, ephethe ipayipi le-terra cotta elimpompa amanzi emithonjeni. NgeNkathi Ephakathi, amakhishi ayeyingxenye emaphakathi yekhaya futhi cishe yonke into yayizungeza. Ku 1845, indlela yokuqala yokudonsa isikulufu phansi yenziwe nguGust noChimes.

Ku 1937, indoda egama layo lingu-Alfred Moen yasungula umpompi onesandla esisodwa owawuhlanganisa amanzi abandayo nashisayo ngaphambi kokuba uphume “kuleyo ndawo.” Waqhamuka nalo mqondo ngemuva kokushisa izandla ngompompi odonsa izibambo ezimbili, enye ngeyokubanda enye ngeyokushisa. Wacabanga ukuthi kufanele kube nendlela yokuthola lokho okufunayo empompini. Waqhamuka nethiyori yokulawula izinga lokushisa nesisindo samanzi ngesikhathi esisodwa efake isibambo esisodwa sesimpompi. Waqhubeka nokuklama umpompi kusuka 1940 ku 1945 wabe esethengisa umpompi wakhe wokuqala onesandla esisodwa kuwo 1947. Ngu 1959, bonke ompompi abasebenzisa isandla esisodwa babekuwo wonke amakhaya.

Ku 1945, Landis H. Perry, wakha i-valve yokuqala yebhola ehlanganisa ivolumu nokuhlanganisa ukuze kube uphawu olulula. Kwenze umpompi wasebenza kangcono. U-Perry uthengise ilungelo lakhe lobunikazi ku-Alex Manoogian ngubani, esikhundleni salokho, wasungula umpompi we-Delta phakathi 1954. Le faucet ihlanganise imibono kanye ne-faucet kwaba hit. Ku 1958, ukuthengiswa kwe-Faucet ye-Delta kufinyelelwe $1 izigidi.

Ngawo-1970, idiski elakhiwe ngobumba laqanjwa i-Wolvering Brass eyasiza ukulawula ukugeleza kwamanzi. Kusuka lapho, idiski ishintshile izikhathi ezimbalwa ukwandisa ukumelana nokusebenza kahle.

Namuhla, sinekhono lokukhipha izifutho nezimpompi ze-elekthronikhi ezenziwe iqembu elihlukahlukene labasunguli. Iqiniso lokuthi isikulufu esiqiniselwe ekugcineni kwethumbu sasekhishini size kangaka ngesikhathi esifushane nje sibonisa ukuthi sizoqhubeka nokuthuthuka esikhathini esizayo.

Amaqiniso

• Ngokusho kweGale Research, “Umpompi umshini wokuletha amanzi ngohlelo lwamapayipi amanzi. Ingaqukatha izingxenye ezilandelayo:i-spout, isibambo(s), induku yokuphakamisa, igobolondo, i-aerator, igumbi lokuxuba, nezintuba zamanzi. Uma isibambo sivuliwe, i-valve ivula futhi ilawule ukulungiswa kokugeleza kwamanzi ngaphansi kwanoma yisiphi isimo samanzi noma sokushisa. Umzimba wempompi ngokuvamile wenziwe ngethusi, nakuba kusetshenziswa i-zinc eyi-die-cast kanye ne-chrome-plated plastic. futhi “ompompi beza ngezitayela ezihlukahlukene, imibala, futhi uyaqeda. Imiklamo ye-ergonomic ingase ifake ubude be-spout eside futhi kulula ukuyisebenzisa izibambo. Ukuma kwe-faucet kanye nokuqedwa kwayo kuzothinta inqubo yokukhiqiza. Eminye imiklamo izoba nzima kakhulu ukuwenza ngomshini noma ukuwenza kuneminye. Inqubo yokuqedela ehlukile ingase isetshenziselwe ukufeza ukubukeka okuhlukile. "
• Izimpompi zenziwa ukuvula nokuvala amanzi, lawula izinga lokushisa kwamanzi futhi unikeze izindlela ezisheshayo neziphumelelayo zokuthola amanzi ekhishini.
• Ompompi benziwa ukuze konge isikhathi namandla. Izinga lokugeleza kwamanzi liphansi, amandla engeziwe umpompi ungawonga.
• Ngokusho kweWill Ford kanye neKitchen Faucet Center, “Endlini egcwele 4 abantu, amanzi ompompi imayelana 18% yokusetshenziswa kwamanzi okuyinto engasho kakhulu. Ngokuhamba konyaka, isilinganiso sasekhaya esisetshenziswa phakathi 6,600-9,750 amalitha amanzi ngonyaka.”
• Ngokusho kwe-WaterSense, ompompi ovuzayo oconsa ngesilinganiso sokuconsa okukodwa ngomzuzwana ungamosha okungaphezu kwalokho 3,000 amalitha ngonyaka. Ikhaya elinamathoyilethi abhalwe i-WaterSense lingasebenzisa lawo manzi ukuwakhipha izinyanga eziyisithupha!
• Umndeni ojwayelekile waseMelika usebenzisa isilinganiso se 140 amalitha amanzi ngosuku.
• Ngokusho kokuhlinzekwa kwamapayipi, “ama-aerator okugeleza okuphansi agcina izinga lokugeleza liku/ngaphansi kwezinga likahulumeni le 2.2 gpm, ompompi abaningi basekhaya basebenzisa amanzi amancane kakhulu. Kodwa ngenxa yokusebenzisa kwabo kanzima, basengakwazi ukulandisa kuze kufike 20% ukusetshenziswa kwamanzi nsuku zonke endlini. Umndeni ojwayelekile uzodonsa noma yikuphi ukusuka kumalitha ayi-18-27 ngosuku kompompi bawo, okuhlanganisa konke ukusetshenziswa kompompi kusuka ekugezeni izandla kuya ekuphekeni. Khumbula ukuthi ompompi abangenawo ama-aera - ngokuvamile ompompi basekhishini noma bewasha - bangaba namazinga okugeleza adlule. 3 gpm, okumosha amanzi amaningi.”

Izibalo

• Ngokusho kuka-a 2014 Umbiko Wokuziphendulela Kahulumeni,"40 ngaphandle 50 abaphathi bamanzi bombuso balindele ukushoda kwamanzi ngaphansi kwezimo ezimaphakathi kwezinye izingxenye zezifunda zabo kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo.”
• Ngokusho kwe-USA EPA, “Ukuvala umpompi ngenkathi uxubha amazinyo kungakonga 8 amalitha amanzi ngosuku futhi, ngenkathi ukushefa, ingagcina 10 amalitha amanzi ukushefa ngakunye. Uma ucabanga ukuthi uxubha amazinyo akho kabili ngosuku bese uyashefa 5 izikhathi ngeviki, ungagcina cishe 5,700 amalitha ngonyaka. Ukuvumela umpompi wakho usebenze imizuzu emihlanu ngenkathi ugeza izitsha kungamosha 10 amalitha amanzi futhi isebenzisa amandla anele ukunika amandla isibani sama-watt angama-60 18 amahora.”

Amanani

Amanani ompompi ayahluka. Zinganqunywa ngezinto ezibonakalayo, umklamo, umsebenzi, nokuhamba. Kukumthengi ukuthi anqume ukuthi yiluphi uhlobo olungafanela kahle ikhaya labo. Ukufakwa nakho kuyacatshangelwa lapho kunqunywa inani. Nasi isibonelo esifushane sokuthi amanani angahluka kanjani:

“Abahlinzeki bamanzi abaningi banikeza amakhasimende abo ama-aera ageleza kancane mahhala noma ungawathenga ezitolo eziningi zokuthuthukisa amakhaya cishe $1-5.00 ngamunye.”