| Each of the thirty three
main floors of the building, affectionately known as the “Gherkin”,
has two water heaters serving the core toilets. In an office
environment the useage of the water heaters can vary hugely,
depending on occupancy, and there can be a considerable “dwell
time” for the hot water before it is used. The performance
of most water conditioners installed at the point of entry
to a building can be significantly reduced if there is a significant
time lapse between the water being treated and the hot water
being drawn off.
By installing a dedicated Sentry unit on the cold service
to each water heater, the Consultants were able to ensure
that the water was being treated all the time that it was
being heated and until it was drawn off, thus guaranteeing
the most effective treatment, and at a cost that compared
favourably with many point of entry systems. |
Lifescience designed the
Sentry with this specific use in mind and combined a number
of features to make the system unique. As well as its very
high power output, the Sentry is fully waterproof, and therefore
very safe, it can be wired directly to a fused outlet and
it has its own automatic reset system so that it needs no
monitoring or resetting in the event of a power outage.
Jonny Seccombe, Managing Director of Lifescience
Products Ltd, said, “We are delighted to be
associated with this state of the art building with its instantly
recogniseable profile in the ancient City of London. Water-King
is at the front of the new technology to eradicate the age
old problem of limescale encrustation and its adverse effect
on energy consumption”. |