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Does that also work for showers, with mixing hot and cold water. I feel that a 1% change in the knob/balance goes from too cold to too hot.

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detourdog 2 days ago | parent [-]

Nothing to do with decibels but the thermostat on the water heater might be set too high. If one lowers the overall temperature the ratio of cold to hot will balance.

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rusk 2 days ago | parent [-]

You are bounded by a minimum floor for the hot water. Below a certain point you can get legionnaires.

To me it seems like one of two things: external pressure between hot and cold is mismatched so a small change to one side overwhelms the weaker flow.

Alternatively it might just be a broken or poor quality mixer that isn’t providing the appropriate ‘nuance’ of control, and that may indeed be expressed as some sort of non-linear relationship.

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GuB-42 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

> Below a certain point you can get legionnaires.

I know you mean legionnaires' disease, but the idea of a bunch of soldiers getting to your house because you turned your boiler too low made me chuckle. Good thing the US have the third amendment to protect against this.

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detourdog 2 days ago | parent [-]

In this day and age I believe anything is possible.

	▲	BlueTemplar a day ago \| parent [-]
		"What have the Romans ever done for us ? ... hot water baths ..."

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detourdog 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The thermostat could still be set too high. I think you might be overstating the dangers of legionnaires.

It also a simple thing to check and would be the first step in my troubleshooting routine for this complaint.

Here is a link describing the dangers.

https://www.heatgeek.com/hot-water-temperature-scalding-and-...