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From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie )
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Subject: Re: Info on hot water heater gizmo?
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Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 15:49:36 EST
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> If you set the thing for hot, the fixture slowed the flow 
> causing the output temperature of the heater to go up and 
> the fixture to further slow the flow. Ultimately all hot water flow
> stopped and there you stood in a cold shower. The were other 
> temperature settings that caused the fixture to gradually
> increase the flow thus lowering the heater output temp and 
> further increasing the flow, I was almost seriously burned
> when I discovered this phenomenon.
> 
> In summary:
> 
> If you are thinking of getting one of these heaters make 
> sure it is of the F14 variety and get quality fixtures that
> are not sensitive to water temperature.
> 
Of course one solution is to get temperature controlled fixtures.
In Europe (the only place I've actually seen one in a bathroom,
although I've seen them in the US in darkroom sinks), I've seen
calibrated knobs in the bathroom for hot water temperature, and
then your shower control was just a flow control.

-Ron