tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104876164407381915.post2002132519385236443..comments2022-06-06T03:39:47.890-07:00Comments on Complex Matters: Too Cliché: The great discovery of Ogg.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14514301100480098429noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104876164407381915.post-12231389554143652852009-11-13T06:58:48.631-08:002009-11-13T06:58:48.631-08:00I believe that there is some historical reason for...I believe that there is some historical reason for this (to do with keeping the rat gazpacho in the loft tank out of the cold feed). Nowadays there's no excuse. There are solutions: http://tinyurl.com/ykyjsu9<br /><br />My favo[u]rite is the UK "mixer" tap. This is carefully designed to maintain a sufficiently laminar flow that the stream of water emerges hot on one side and cold on the other. Genius.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09280874447787524947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104876164407381915.post-66866401371633469792009-11-12T11:55:41.712-08:002009-11-12T11:55:41.712-08:00When you are stuck in Heathrow next, give a yell, ...When you are stuck in Heathrow next, give a yell, it isn't all that far from here!Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514301100480098429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104876164407381915.post-58768268287353082522009-11-12T11:43:41.484-08:002009-11-12T11:43:41.484-08:00Funny you should mention this - stayed at a perfec...Funny you should mention this - stayed at a perfectly decent and modern airport hotel on the way through Heathrow last week, and was baffled - both intellectually and in practice - by the awkward two-tap sink.<br /><br />There must be at least one good reason why two taps would be superior to one - but I can't seem to think of it.<br /><br />At least they don't have shelves in their toilets...Philippe Hnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104876164407381915.post-82101964042611810312009-11-11T23:15:34.201-08:002009-11-11T23:15:34.201-08:00I was actually thinking about posting a discussion...I was actually thinking about posting a discussion of "if you want warm water is it more efficient to run your boiler really hot for a short time or run it on low for a long time".... then I realized that my boiler is so far from ideal that any argument I would make would probably be incorrect anyhow.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514301100480098429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9104876164407381915.post-29593130004895976122009-11-11T18:14:51.506-08:002009-11-11T18:14:51.506-08:00In the spirit of your previous post, clearly you a...In the spirit of your previous post, clearly you are meant to set up some kind of heat engine, running on the temperature difference between the two taps. That way you get warm water in the end, and can simultaneously charge your ipod.Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.com