On 10/5/2011 10:52 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
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> "James Silverton" > wrote in message
> ...
>> It is probably a bit OT (except when I make a mistake and come close
>> to scalding myself) but I wonder why single handle controls in showers
>> have a vast range of adjustment for temperature? Usually, both in mine
>> and in hotels, the control can be rotated a half circle (180 degrees)
>> but all the acceptable temperatures are within a 10 to 20 degree
>> rotation and the rest is useless except perhaps for full cold in summer.
>> --
>
> Most don't any more. Mine you can pre-set the maximum temperature. When
> I take a shower, I just turn the know to hot and get in with no worries.
> If someone turns on a cold water faucet, I get a slight pressure drop,
> but never an increase in temperature. Mine is about 15 years old so them
> may even be better now.

You are lucky! It's not my experience but perhaps I don't stay in
expensive enough hotels and I wouldn't trust a hotel faucet anyway to
get the temperature right. I've seen the type of control with an
automatic temperature controller but they are not common in my
experience and have to be carefully hand checked :-)

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James Silverton, Potomac

I'm *not*