On Jun 4, 11:53*pm, mm wrote:
On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 16:25:47 -0700 (PDT), Ron
wrote:



On Jun 3, 7:00*pm, (Doug Miller) wrote:
In article , 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

Of course it does. It just takes longer to cool the inside of walls
than to the stuff in the middle of the room. *It also takes longer to
cool the middle of the room than to cool the AC ducts and the louvers
where the AC air comes out.

Then perhaps you can explain to me while during the summer (expect at
night) when I turn on the cold water I get warm and then HOT water? I
have to let it run for over a minute just to get cool water. My
neighbors that don't had direct shade on their roofs from trees have
the same problem. A friend of mine that had his house re-plumbed (so
his pipes are now in his attic) has the *same* problem.

But with enough time, it all gets cooled. *Under a day, I'll bet, and
then it stays that way until you let it get hotter in the house.

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.

I don't use AC at all but most of those who do keep it cooler than
that. *

Most of who? Are you saying that you know where most people keep their
thermostats set? Anything below 78 degrees is just wasting
money....IMO


Why are you using your unusual house as an example that's
supposed to apply to every eles's? * *

What do you mean by "unusual"? And everyone that has said I'm wrong
has not specified that different homes may be different. Seems to be
the "rule of thumb" that ALL homes with AC are going to have cooler
water coming out of the faucets.

In addition, if you keep your
house at 78, that's the temp inside the walls.

See my first paragraph above.