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Water tap with silencer

02.06.2005

Having tested the noise level of faucets and faucets sold in Germany, specialists from the Institute for Building Physics in Stuttgart found that 70% of them make louder noise when running water than the norms allow: the accepted standard allows a fully open faucet to make noise no louder than 30 decibels.

In one of the mixer models, even 47 decibels were noted, which corresponds to a loudly turned on radio. The cheapest brands turned out to be especially noisy, and the more expensive brands indicate the level of noise emitted on the packaging, and such taps even have built-in silencers.

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