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From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 Apr 2010 19:34 "krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz" wrote: > > I'll let Michael T give you the complete list of Nymbecile's nyms (he's closing > in on 100 of 'em), so you know who you're talking to, here, in the future. THE DIMBULB SCORECARD Abbey Somebody <abnormal(a)castlefrankenstein.org> AnimalMagic <AnimalMagic(a)petersbackyard.org> Archimedes' Lever <OneBigLever(a)InfiniteSeries.Org> AtTheEndofMyRope <AtTheEndofMyRope(a)AtTheEndofMyRope.org> AwlSome Auger <AwlSomeAuger(a)BuyOneGetOneFree.org> BarnCat <BarnCat(a)keepingthevermindownatthebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> Bart! <B(a)rt_The_Sheriff_Is_A_Nig**!.org> BigBalls <BiggestBallsOfAll(a)thebigbarattheendoftheuniverse.org> BillyPilgrim <BillyPilgrim(a)thebigbarattheendoftheuniverse.org> Bungalow Bill <BugalowBill(a)AbbeyRoad.UKCOM> 10 Capt. 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From: Michael A. Terrell on 17 Apr 2010 19:37 mpm wrote: > > Water comes from the city. > Enters the house at the side yard - one pipe only. > I have a standard water heater (80 gallons, electric). Not an inline > one. Has the hot water heater been drained & flushed recently? -- Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.
From: mpm on 17 Apr 2010 19:58 On Apr 17, 3:15 pm, "Paul E. Schoen" <p...(a)pstech-inc.com> wrote: > Also a cheap male contraceptive :) ....and definitely not a practical therapy for Tourette's Syndrome either!! :)
From: mpm on 17 Apr 2010 20:07 On Apr 17, 3:38 pm, Baron <baron.nos...(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> wrote: > mpm Inscribed thus: > > > > > > > On Apr 17, 10:32 am, Baron <baron.nos...(a)linuxmaniac.nospam.net> > > wrote: > >> mpm Inscribed thus: > > >> > On Apr 16, 10:43 pm, Copacetic <Copace...(a)iseverythingalright.org> > >> > wrote: > >> >> On Thu, 15 Apr 2010 19:26:01 -0700, Charlie E. > >> >> <edmond...(a)ieee.org> wrote: > > >> >> >It is a pressure thing. There is a constriction in the cold > >> >> >line, and it has lower pressure than the hot line. You have to > >> >> >really crank the cold, and really diminish the hot to get the > >> >> >pressures equalized. > > >> >> No. Both pipes have the same pressure. Hot water gets used less > >> >> from a FLOW standpoint because less is needed to arrive at the > >> >> desired operating temperature. > > >> >> All the pipes in your house all have the same pressure behind > >> >> them. > > >> >> Pressures in a given pipe can be reduced, but only by way of FLOW > >> >> elsewhere in the system. > > >> > Just to clarify for anyone who might help, here.... > >> > I can be the only one home - with no other water being used (not > >> > even the icemaker), and this problem can still occur. > >> > It does not happen all the time, but when it does (or doesn't), it > >> > does not appear to be related to any water use elsewhere in the > >> > house. Mine is a single-story home on a private lot. City water & > >> > sewer. (Not an apartment or multi-family anything.) > > >> Its not unknown for debris to build up in the pipe and lodge in a > >> bend to cause varying water pressure and flow. > > >> Someone also mentioned that the water pressure would be the same for > >> both hot and cold supplies. This is not always true. One supply > >> could be from a header tank and the other from the main supply. So > >> they would have different pressures. Also the flow rate would depend > >> upon the size of the smallest pipe in that supply. > > >> -- > >> Best Regards: > >> Baron.- Hide quoted text - > > >> - Show quoted text - > > > Water comes from the city. > > Enters the house at the side yard - one pipe only. > > I have a standard water heater (80 gallons, electric). Not an inline > > one. > > Yes, mine is similar. > > We used to have a hot water system where there was a cold water header > tank in the loft feeding the hot tank on the ground. I could pee > quicker than the shower. If someone flushed a toilet or the washer > started a rinse cycle the water would suddenly get very hot. Its all > been replaced now by a high pressure system. Anyway I wasn't too happy > about having half a ton of water residing in the loft. > > > I take pretty quick showers - maybe 10 minutes? > > With the occasional "run till cold" if I get a really bad headache > > from the sea of morons that surround us! :-) > > > -mpm (OP) > > -- > Best Regards: > Baron.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - I don't know if this will help or not -- but honestly, when water IS being used elsewhere in the house, it really doesn't seem to make any difference. In other words, this problem can manifest (or not manifest) even if someone else is using water in the house. It doesn't seem related, and regardless, it does indeed occur if I'm the only one home.
From: mpm on 17 Apr 2010 20:11
On Apr 17, 6:37 pm, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terr...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > mpm wrote: > > > Water comes from the city. > > Enters the house at the side yard - one pipe only. > > I have a standard water heater (80 gallons, electric). Not an inline > > one. > > Has the hot water heater been drained & flushed recently? > > -- > Anyone wanting to run for any political office in the US should have to > have a DD214, and a honorable discharge. If you mean "recently" to mean "ever", then the answer is No. :) At least, not in the last 9 or 10 years, and I think it was new just before that. -mpm |