Update on the unusual bog cistern filler tower ...

OK this one then

Probably only needed on syphonic bogs, no longer available in this country as they need more than 6L per flush.

"MuddyMike" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@brightview.com...

Yes. That is a bigger picture of the one that I found - the MG 8300C - and that appears to be a ringer for the one I have. If you look at the bottom of the tower, you can see the slots through which the water enters the cistern to fill it. Now, looking at the American video, they call the little tube that their valve has, "the refill tube". Looking at the cistern filling, it looks to me like their valve is a top-filler, and the tube is the primary water source for filling. American cisterns seem to have an extremely simple flap valve arrangement for emptying the cistern for a flush, and it looks as though that is what we are seeing there. A flap valve right at the bottom, worked by the flush handle, and a pipe above that . It then looks as though the fill water is poured into that pipe, from the flexible tube, and exits to fill the cistern from holes at the bottom of that pipe, above the flap valve. My little tube is currently just dangling, and its end is below the water level, when the cistern is full. This does not seem to be affecting its operation, so for the moment, that is how it is going to stay. When I was looking around at the MG 8300C valve, I found a Chinese supplier site for it that was in English, and there was a 'contact us for product questions' button, so I might just do that, and see if they have a PDF of the fitting instructions, as I have, in general, found Chinese companies to be quite helpful in that regard, and if nothing else, their delightful command of the English language, is enough to cheer your day up :-)

Arfa

For re-filling the bown of a syphonic pan.

The pipe is an internal overflow into the bowl.

The flexible pipe won't have any use in non-syphonic pans.

Shouldn't be a problem

Just like Japanese English of the 60s.