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Default OT -ish - Why shower runs cold first

On Jun 3, 5:23*pm, "Bob F" wrote:
Ron wrote:
On Jun 3, 7:00 pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article
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Ron wrote:


On Jun 3, 3:41=A0pm, willshak wrote:
Higgs Boson wrote the following: I've been wondering about this
for year=
s. =A0When I turn the shower on,
the first water that comes out is
c-o-o-o-o-o-ld! =A0So I've learned to adjust the temp before
stepping in.


But WHY does cold come out first, when it's supposed to be mixed?


Inquiring minds...


Hypatia


How close is the shower to the water heater?
If the hot water hasn't been run in a while, the hot water stored
in the pipes will cool off. If the house is air conditioned, it
will cool off mo=
re.


AC cools off water pipes??????


It cools off *everything* in the house.


Not enough to penetrate sheetrock and cool off water pipes. I guess if
you have the capability of cooling your house to 60 degrees or so, you
might have a point. My home never gets below 78 degrees in the
summer.


And if you turned off the AC, that water might stay at 90. It would still be
cold for a shower.


I don't have AC.