"Charles Spitzer" writes:
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Everytime i turn on the hot water faucet in my powder room as opposed
to my bedroom bath faucet, it takes quite long before the water becomes
warm, then hot. Why is this? I went to my water heater(in garage) and
turned up the notch to make it hotter, but that doesn't seem to help.
The same problem occurs in the kitchen faucet. Any ideas? Thanks.

distance from the water heater. the further away it is, the longer
it takes.

What he said. :-) The water sitting in the pipes decays to room
temperature over time, so the latency from the tap opening to "hot"
water hitting your hands is a simple function of water pressure, and
how long that run from the water heater is.

The temp of the water heater does not affect this latency directly.
It only affects the starting temperature of the water that sits in
your hot water pipes after you turn off the tap, before it starts its
decay down to room temp. And with gas prices looking to surge this
winter, the cost/benefit here doesn't look favorable.


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Todd H.
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