Hot Water (I received concerned email from my mother, so I must address it): There is, in the bathroom, on the wall, connected to the plumbing, a box. It looks like it could hold about three gallons of water. There's a pilot light. When I turn on the hot water, lots of pretty blue flame appears, and shortly thereafter the water turns hot. Then, after a bit, the flame goes out. If you turn off the water, wait briefly, and turn it back on, the flames return. I assume this is a water conservation tool. If you keep turning the water off whenever you are not actively using it (when soaping, shampooing, etc), there's always hot water. Otherwise, it comes and goes. Damn green party ...
Thus confirming my suspicions raised by your previous post on the subject.
Although I don't think it's fair to blame the Greens - such a system was common when I lived in France mumble-mumble years ago (oh, alright - 1962 to 1965). I think it's a reasonable response to the fact that European houses/apartments tend to be much smaller than American houses (so it's difficult to find a place to put a space-eating American water heater), as well as to the fact that energy costs in Europe are much higher than they are in the USA.
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Date: 2003-09-18 04:34 pm (UTC)Thus confirming my suspicions raised by your previous post on the subject.
Although I don't think it's fair to blame the Greens - such a system was common when I lived in France mumble-mumble years ago (oh, alright - 1962 to 1965). I think it's a reasonable response to the fact that European houses/apartments tend to be much smaller than American houses (so it's difficult to find a place to put a space-eating American water heater), as well as to the fact that energy costs in Europe are much higher than they are in the USA.
But I could be mistaken.