[Ziya]

I wonder if somebody can tell me how to use these funny showers. The heater -gas- is on the wall, one has to turn the switch and it starts heating the water.
I have tried every which way, but it is either stinking
hot or cold. Or it starts out OK, than turns very hot or very cold. Is this the way it is supposed to work? I have tried both bathrooms and they are the same. I know this is s stupid Q? to ask but I hate sitting in the bathtub and prefer the shower. Does anybody has this problem?

[NickN]

Is there not a dial on the water heater to control the temperature of the water? There is on mine and I set it in the middle. That works well for me and allows for good control between hot and cold water using the faucet weather in the shower or sink.

[discobay]

The temperature control is usually a rotary click dial with three settings indicated with one, two or three red dots.

[Ziya]

Originally Posted by discobay

The temperature control is usually a rotary click dial with three settings indicated with one, two or three red dots.

We have a Rinnai, it has only a dial for high and low. I have asked the management and they do not know how to use it ???? oh well I will manage the way it is. Thank you for your reply.

[discobay]

You are right, the days when I used manually-started gas heaters were long long ago.

[Ziya]

Originally Posted by NickN

Is there not a dial on the water heater to control the temperature of the water? There is on mine and I set it in the middle. That works well for me and allows for good control between hot and cold water using the faucet weather in the shower or sink.

I have just realized you answered too, thank you, I will try to st it in the middle, but what is the faucet weather in the shower? Stupid Q?, sorry, I really do not know what it means.

[Ziya]

Originally Posted by discobay

You are right, the days when I used manually-started gas heaters were long long ago.

These building are fairly new, the 2nd stage was only done in the last few years, probably this was cheaper to install??

[NickN]

Originally Posted by msmelbourne

I have just realized you answered too, thank you, I will try to st it in the middle, but what is the faucet weather in the shower? Stupid Q?, sorry, I really do not know what it means.

sorry, bad grammar on my part. I meant to say "allows for good control between hot and cold water using the faucet WHETHER in the shower or sink."

[mjk]

Same problem here... Our shower used to be fine, we even used to have hot water in the kitchen.

Then our water pipe burst a while ago and they had to fix new pipes. Since then it is either cold or really hot.

To get hot water we actually have to open the tap completely, it somehow needs the full water pressure. The moment we close the tap a bit, or turn it into the cold direction (where "warm" used to be...) the heater switches off and it gets damn cold.

The water in the kitchen only gets warm when we open the hot water in the bathroom as well. And when we half close the tap, it gets cold again. Kind of wasting water.

We asked our landlord, his reply was:" You don't need hot water in the kitchen, a better dish washing liquid will do..." then he even bought it for us!

But don't care anymore, as we move out in two weeks...

[Ziya]

I boil the jug for hot water in the kitchen for washing up, it faster then waste all the water waiting to come
through,I have to turn the hot water on in one of the bathroom first too. Well like I said before, just have to used to it.