Hot and Cold Hot Water
I'm sure anyone with a Suburban gas/electric 6 gal water heater (and other heaters too) have experienced two separate problems - the unmixec hot water comes out blazing hot, and when the water-saver s...
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TakingThe5th wrote:Dutch_12078 wrote:
Our current coach doesn't have the hot/cold shower problem to any significant degree, but our previous coach did. I solved it in that one by installing check valves in each line right at the faucet set. That eliminated any chance of one line over pressuring the other.
Interesting. When my shower head drips, it drips cold water which must be the higher pressure. Odd when you think that hot water expands, so it must have more pressure, but the hot water line may actually be cooling while at rest so that would equate to LESS pressure.
Yes, I've heard of various RV's that go either way. Some get a long cold shot when the shower head valve is turned back on, while others get a hot shot. The check valves should work for both situations. All we had after installing them was the slightly cooler effect for a few seconds from the water in the lines cooling.
