Thermostatic faucets are like printers, years of development and they still break easily

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ruebenbauer69@discuss.tchncs.de · 9 pts · 3y (4 replies)

What is a thermostatic faucet? A faucet that supplies water of constant temperature?

martijn@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y (3 replies)

A faucet with a single knob for temperature instead of mixing them yourself. Many inner pieces are not cleanable and with calcium in the water they break easily.

Tschuuuls@feddit.de · 2 pts · 3y

The ones that just let you set the ratio between hot and cold and not a specific temperature work perfectly for 10 years+ here.

InverseParallax@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

I haven't been able to get a different kind, I want one where I can control both temperature and flow rate, they phased those out apparently for safety at some point.

Tar_alcaran@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y

Maybe i have super soft water, but I bought the cheapest thermo faucet about 10 years ago, moved houses with it and it works fine.

I did have to recalibrate it when we switched from a gas heater to a heat-pump, which required some violence and some cleaning vinegar soaking. But otherwise, it's been great.

SJ_Zero@lemmy.fbxl.net · 1 pts · 3y

Actionable pun detected.