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what would the effects be if a shower mixer had the hot and cold were
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On 14/07/2018 16:00, Trailer trash ... wrote:
what would the effects be if a shower mixer had the hot and cold were connected up the wrong way around ? ... If it's non-thermostatic, no problem, except potentially scalding for the user. A thermostatic valve won't work. I stand to be corrected on that, as some may have an adjustment that can be made, but all the ones I have seen specify hot on the left. If it's a bar valve, externally mounted, you may be able to bodge it by installing it upside down. |
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"GB" wrote in message news  On 14/07/2018 16:00, Trailer trash ... wrote: what would the effects be if a shower mixer had the hot and cold were connected up the wrong way around ? ... If it's non-thermostatic, no problem, except potentially scalding for the user. A thermostatic valve won't work. I stand to be corrected on that, as some may have an adjustment that can be made, but all the ones I have seen specify hot on the left. If it's a bar valve, externally mounted, you may be able to bodge it by installing it upside down. thanks I bought this static caravan and it had just been connected up after being drained for the winter........we only get very hot water when it is turned right down if we turn it up all we get is cold....just as well there is a bath as well .......have to try swopping the hot and cold ...... |
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GB wrote:
A thermostatic valve won't work. I stand to be corrected on that, as some may have an adjustment that can be made, but all the ones I have seen specify hot on the left. Indeed some Mira thermostatic valves can have the internals re-jigged to reverse the H/C vs L/R inlet arrangement. |
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Andy Burns Wrote in message:
GB wrote: A thermostatic valve won't work. I stand to be corrected on that, as some may have an adjustment that can be made, but all the ones I have seen specify hot on the left. Indeed some Mira thermostatic valves can have the internals re-jigged to reverse the H/C vs L/R inlet arrangement. Indeed, most by rotating the thermostatic cartridge 180 degrees. -- -- Jim K ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 14/07/2018 16:00, Trailer trash ... wrote:
what would the effects be if a shower mixer had the hot and cold were connected up the wrong way around ? ... On a non thermostatic mixer, it will work, but the temperature control will be reversed. A thermostatic one won't work, however some allow the cartridge to be reversed to fix the problem. Some however can't be reversed. -- Cheers, John. /================================================== ===============\ | Internode Ltd - http://www.internode.co.uk | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | John Rumm - john(at)internode(dot)co(dot)uk | \================================================= ================/ |
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"Trailer trash ..." Wrote in message:
"GB" wrote in message news On 14/07/2018 16:00, Trailer trash ... wrote: what would the effects be if a shower mixer had the hot and cold were connected up the wrong way around ? ... If it's non-thermostatic, no problem, except potentially scalding for the user. A thermostatic valve won't work. I stand to be corrected on that, as some may have an adjustment that can be made, but all the ones I have seen specify hot on the left. If it's a bar valve, externally mounted, you may be able to bodge it by installing it upside down. thanks I bought this static caravan and it had just been connected up after being drained for the winter........we only get very hot water when it is turned right down if we turn it up all we get is cold....just as well there is a bath as well .......have to try swopping the hot and cold ...... Could be a boiler problem. I'm guessing you have some sort of combi or "instant" gas water heater. More likely than someone swapping pipes on your mixer valve. Tim -- |
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On 14/07/2018 17:48, Trailer trash ... wrote:
"GB" wrote in message news On 14/07/2018 16:00, Trailer trash ... wrote: what would the effects be if a shower mixer had the hot and cold were connected up the wrong way around ? ... If it's non-thermostatic, no problem, except potentially scalding for the user. A thermostatic valve won't work. I stand to be corrected on that, as some may have an adjustment that can be made, but all the ones I have seen specify hot on the left. If it's a bar valve, externally mounted, you may be able to bodge it by installing it upside down. thanks I bought this static caravan and it had just been connected up after being drained for the winter........we only get very hot water when it is turned right down if we turn it up all we get is cold....just as well there is a bath as well .......have to try swopping the hot and cold ...... Any idea which valve it is? Can you touch the inlet pipes? If so, which one gets hot? |
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On Sat, 14 Jul 2018 17:48:24 +0100, "Trailer trash ..."
wrote: thanks I bought this static caravan and it had just been connected up after being drained for the winter........we only get very hot water when it is turned right down if we turn it up all we get is cold....just as well there is a bath as well .......have to try swopping the hot and cold ...... Is it an electrically heated shower? |
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I'd have thought that was hardly a question that needed answering and indeed
might be seen as a troll post. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Trailer trash ..." wrote in message news what would the effects be if a shower mixer had the hot and cold were connected up the wrong way around ? ... |
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beg your pardon but why would you think that ?
....... "Brian Gaff" wrote in message news I'd have thought that was hardly a question that needed answering and indeed might be seen as a troll post. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Trailer trash ..." wrote in message news what would the effects be if a shower mixer had the hot and cold were connected up the wrong way around ? ... |
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