Does different parts of the world use different standards for water pressure similar to voltages?
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In the US for example the standard is 110V for voltage and 80psi for water. In Europe, voltage is 220V, is water pressure different there too?
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Will any pressure below 1 bar work at all? Wont it just suck the air in instead?
1 bar is enought to lift water 10 meters up. The pressure gauges reads zero at atmospheric pressure.
Ahh, relative pressure
These pressures are all gauge pressure, not absolute pressure. 1 bar gauge pressure would be about 2 bar absolute.
The gravity systems in this case are not pressurized. They just have a water tank in the loft/airing cupboard and the hight of the tank determines the pressure. 0.1 bar for every 1 meter height. You open the faucet and gravity pushes out the water.
Its a nightmare, I used to live in UK and these systems are barely enough for anything really.