Pigman
Oct 2, 2012, 10:34 PM
Not sure if anybody can help?
I live in Thailand. Our mains water is stored in an external 500 gallon, stainless steel tank and is filtered when drawn from the mains and before being stored. When turning on the tap, water is pumped by an electric pump from the tank into the system and the tank draws water from the mains. Hot water comes from a tank in the loft, and is heated by an electric immersion heater.
Twice in the past couple of weeks we've had the problem that we have no cold water in the kitchen or one of the outside taps; when turning on the tap, the pump does not start and nothing happens. In the cloakroom next to the kitchen and in the upstairs bathrooms, water runs as usual and the pump works as usual. After a few hours, the problem corrects itself.
The local Thai plumber has absolutely no idea what causes this (he would not "lose face" by actually admitting this, especially to a westerner!), thus if anybody has any idea what the underlying problem could be, I'd really appreciate your help.
I live in Thailand. Our mains water is stored in an external 500 gallon, stainless steel tank and is filtered when drawn from the mains and before being stored. When turning on the tap, water is pumped by an electric pump from the tank into the system and the tank draws water from the mains. Hot water comes from a tank in the loft, and is heated by an electric immersion heater.
Twice in the past couple of weeks we've had the problem that we have no cold water in the kitchen or one of the outside taps; when turning on the tap, the pump does not start and nothing happens. In the cloakroom next to the kitchen and in the upstairs bathrooms, water runs as usual and the pump works as usual. After a few hours, the problem corrects itself.
The local Thai plumber has absolutely no idea what causes this (he would not "lose face" by actually admitting this, especially to a westerner!), thus if anybody has any idea what the underlying problem could be, I'd really appreciate your help.