Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!ron From: ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Info on hot water heater gizmo? Message-ID: <8091@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 6-Feb-85 15:49:36 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8091 Posted: Wed Feb 6 15:49:36 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Feb-85 04:06:04 EST References: <775@ut-sally.UUCP> <611@amdcad.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 23 > 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