Atwood hot water heater -- Too darn hot
Howdy, How every one is holding up with the current situation. My how water is too hot. Thinking about getting the adjustable disc thermostat from Atwood. I've seen them for 35 to 50 dollars. Saw...
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And there’s also the fact that some of us need and want to do everything possible to reduce wasting our fresh water. When we’re dry camping and won’t be able to refill the water tank that’s only 30 gallons, watching ANY of it go down the drain unused bugs me.
That was the primary reason I went to the trouble of installing the thermostatic mixing valve. Now, the only water that’s “wasted” when taking a shower is what you lose waiting for the hot water to reach the shower valve. Once that happens, the valve maintains the temperature you set, and all you do is turn the flow off and on at the shower head. I could easily catch that first bit of water in a bowl, and pour it back in the tank if I wanted.
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you don’t really think that everyone else is just too dumb to turn the shower head away from themselves.
:):)
That was the primary reason I went to the trouble of installing the thermostatic mixing valve. Now, the only water that’s “wasted” when taking a shower is what you lose waiting for the hot water to reach the shower valve. Once that happens, the valve maintains the temperature you set, and all you do is turn the flow off and on at the shower head. I could easily catch that first bit of water in a bowl, and pour it back in the tank if I wanted.
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you don’t really think that everyone else is just too dumb to turn the shower head away from themselves.
:):)
