"Bruce L. Bergman" wrote in message
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On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:01:38 -0800, Winston
wrote:

-snip-

Fine, don't. But when you pee the liquid isn't nearly as hot
(around 95F), and in a far smaller stream which limits the BTUH input
raise over a minute or more. And unless you have the unerring aim of
a laser beam, you will be spreading that heat around to many points
inside.

Dumping in a kettle-full of almost-boiling water from the stove is
going to throw in a whole lot more BTUs (guessing 10X to 50X) and over
a period of a few seconds than almost a minute.

The wax ring is probably okay for one pot of hot water, but if you
add much more heat than that it could melt. They are only beeswax. I
certainly wouldn't do something rash like stuff the wand from a steam
pressure washer down the main trap and let it rip.

-- Bruce --



i've been trying to not reply to this thread because what i have to say
isn't important, only, what you all keep talking about keeps reminding me of
a trivial incident from my past. i thought this thread would've died
already.
1986, backpacking around china, was in beijing. saw a western style
restaurant ("Maxim's") and went in to use their bathroom. the plumber who
had plumbed the place had hooked a hot water line to the toilet, the flapper
valve leaked and so hot water was constantly dribbling into the bowl, the
water in the bowl was constantly being refreshed with HOT water. was
"restaurant temperature" water, steam was wafting out of the bowl. was
uncomfortable to sit on the toilet. i'd never seen that before or since,
where someone accidentally plumbed the hot water line to a toilet, *and left
it that way*. the entire toilet was scalding hot. something i'll never
forget, was funny and weird.

b.w.