AI Advertising OOPS

[peter halle]

I ran across this advertising image for plumbing shutoff valves that had to have been AI generated. Water supply valves attached to a sink drain. There have to be others out there to share so we can all get a chuckle.



Peter

 

[Michael Kellough]

And copper compression? sleeves on plastic pipe? I like the tiny copper escutcheon sleeves where the pipes pass through the bottom of the cabinet.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Brilliant, love it!

 

[Crazyraceguy]

This is just like translated directions on Chinese products. A human, who knows what they are doing, needs to be looking at things like this.
I'm no plumber, but isn't the whole thing upside-down? That lower housing is supposed to be a vent, isn't it? Even then, it would be too close. Aren't they supposed to be as high as possible? and kind of a "last option" type thing, such as an island, where there is no wall, for a vent stack.
Unless that's some kind of trap I have never seen.....if so, ignore me.

 

[Michael Kellough]

The lower bulge is presumably a kind of trap. The craziest aspect is, if you could see the top of the sink there would be water shooting up out of the drain and simultaneously going down the drain (out the side of the trap). And to turn it off you have to go under the sink and crank those handles 90 degrees.

 

[Cheese]

I believe the lower unit indicated by the arrow is a trap of some kind and that's actually interesting as I've never seen that item before. I'd be very interested in knowing the particulars of it.
Now, as far as the rest of that monkey motion thing goes, well...at least they got the handing of the hot & cold water valves correct.

 

[P_K]

I'm no plumber, but isn't the whole thing upside-down? That lower housing is supposed to be a vent, isn't it? Even then, it would be too close. Aren't they supposed to be as high as possible? and kind of a "last option" type thing, such as an island, where there is no wall, for a vent stack.
Unless that's some kind of trap I have never seen.....if so, ignore me.

Bottle trap. You see them in Germany on wall mounted bathroom sinks.

 

[Euclid]

Bottle traps are quite often seen in the UK too. They're just a compact alternative to a traditional 'u-bend'. (There will be a vertical divider inside, going part-way down.)
They are much easier to unblock or clean out since you just have to unscrew the lower 'bowl' part (the 'bottle') and leave the inlet and outlet connections in place.
You would normally only use that downward extension section (the cross-shaped piece) it you were draining something else (such a second sink bowl or, perhaps, a dishwasher say) through the same trap.

 

[peter halle]

Sorry for not clipping the entire image and getting the bottom of the sink.

Peter

 

[Crazyraceguy]

See, I told you a wasn't a plumber. The only thing even remotely like that, which I have seen, is a venting cap for the drain. Normal plumbing has a vertical run to the roof, to allow air to flow with the water, but there are exceptions, where no wall exists. I know there are rules about how those are to be used, but again not a plumber, just a somewhat casual observer.
I like the simple bowl idea though. Just pull it right off like an old-fashioned sediment bowl, on a carburetor.

 

[Sparktrician]

And the ball valve handles are not oriented toward water flow direction. DUH!!!

 

[flair woodworks]

I ran across this advertising image for plumbing shutoff valves that had to have been AI generated. Water supply valves attached to a sink drain. There have to be others out there to share so we can all get a chuckle.

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Peter

This is actually by design. Users dislike water that is too hot, or too cold. This provides warm water all the time. Connecting it directly to the drain prevents the risk of the sink overflowing, causing extensive damage due to flooding. It's only logical.