Understanding the principles of faucets allows you to easily troubleshoot faucet failures.

Faucets are one of the commonly used kitchen and bathroom equipment in our daily lives, especially hot and cold faucets, which can greatly facilitate our home life. But when using the faucet, sometimes we will encounter problems such as faucet leakage, which requires us to have a good understanding of the structure and principle of the faucet. Today I will take you to understand the faucet structure diagram and faucet principle. It has a very good guiding role for us to purchase faucets and troubleshoot faucet faults.

​      The faucet is the popular name for the water nozzle. It is used to control the size of the water flow and has the effect of saving water. Faucets are being updated very quickly, from old-fashioned cast iron technology to electroplated knob type, and then to stainless steel single temperature single control faucets. Nowadays, many families use stainless steel dual temperature dual control faucets, and kitchen combination faucets have also appeared. faucet.

Faucets can be divided into single, double and triple faucets according to their structure. In addition, there are single handles and double handles. The single-linked type can be connected to cold or hot water pipes; the double-linked type can be connected to both hot and cold pipes at the same time, and is mostly used for faucets in bathroom basins and kitchen sinks with hot water supply; the triple-linked type can be connected to both hot and cold water pipes. In addition to the pipe, you can also connect a shower head, which is mainly used as a faucet in the bathtub.

The main parts of the faucet

After understanding the structural classification of faucets, let’s take a look at the main components that make up the faucet structure.

1. Faucet valve core

The faucet valve core is the lifeblood of the faucet, which largely determines the quality and service life of the faucet. Faucet valve cores mainly include ceramic valve cores, ball valve cores, stainless steel valve cores, and rubber valve cores. Among them, the ceramic valve core is currently the best, with good bee performance and physical stability. Generally, faucets with ceramic valve cores can be used for 5-10 years.

2. Faucet body

The main body of the faucet refers to the pipe body, which is mainly made of bronze, but now it has been replaced by brass. The copper content of high-end faucets is more than 85%. The main body of imported faucets basically has no pores, while domestic faucets lack the unique pressure resistance, wear resistance and corrosion resistance of imported faucets due to their backward price and craftsmanship and the limitations of surface sanding treatment.

3. Internal structure of faucet

The internal structure of the hot and cold faucet mainly consists of the connecting gooseneck, the flush pipe, the sealing ring, the lower packing box and the connecting central pipe; the hot and cold faucet valve core has two hot and cold holes, and has a sealing ring to ensure sealing performance. The core mainly controls the opening and closing status of the two holes, and the ceramic piece on it controls its main work.