ARWadsworth wrote:
It is so when you wake up on a Sunday morning in the wrong house with a
splitting headache and you stagger into the bathroom for a nice cold drink
of water you do not burn your mouth because the taps are the wrong way
around.

Or is there another reason why hot is usually on the left?

Adam

IIRC, US regs requires hot on the left. It may be possible to dig out
the original reason for this ...
Simon.