On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 23:54:37 +0000 (UTC), (Fred)
wrote:

Andy Hall wrote:
VERY handy to wash veg in deep
winter.

You wash vegetables in hot water?

Oh dear. First of all this is unnecessary. Secondly it begins the
cooking process earlier than necessary which results in many of the
vitamins in them being broken down.

Patronisme as you wish, but don't tell me that it's fun to wash your
veg at 5 or 6 degrees cold water. 10 or 15 is much better. In winter,
you cannot get this without a mix of water.

So put some cold water in the sink and add a little hot. From the
kettle if you are precious about it.


If you wash veg for half
an hour in 5 degrees you will beg for a combi.

For half an hour???


At least everybody I
know with a combi does mix a bit of warm water to keep the fingers
from going numb. Assuming that I am washing veg in hot water is
deliberate misunderstanding, kind of serves my point really.

Not really. It's just a poor illustration.



Even quite large combis can only deliver 15-20lpm of water at 40
degrees in the winter. THis is marginal for one shower, let alone
two.

You have obvioiusly never taken a shower in a combi system with decent
mains pressure to call it marginal.

Yes I have. It's very easy to create high pressure from a mains
fed shower - even electric showers at 4lpm can do it.
However, it's only useful and pleasant if there is a good flow as
well.

In this regard, a combi, in winter will produce approximately it's
rated (35 degree rise) flow at a shower. SInce most that are sold
are in the 11-15lpm category, the results are not that great.
Perhaps you prefer a needle jet shower; personally I don't - I prefer
to have a good pressure and flow.

Hence, I recommend case closed,
keep your system and I will keep mine or rather I will have mine. Two
showers btw is not the issue.

It is in a larger house with two bathrooms and population to match.

I do not question that combis have
problems serving two showers. Whether or not your tank system would do
it for me is not the issue because I will never want a house with more
than one shower, regardless of the number of children :-)

Ah well.....



..andy

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