rmacrit
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May 9, 2018 1:24 AM
rmacrit
115570
1922
54
lazd
My shower head has a digital temp gauge on it, so it shows you the actually temp at the shower head. That makes much more sense to me.
rikity
I live in Phoenix, there are no options for water under 100º
Daemencer
Had this in my shower during my entire youth, was pretty great... You only truly appreciate things once you lost them.
Filanwizard
Never seen something like this but I am pretty sure the output of our heater would pin that shit at 130
cre8majic
invented by a dad, so he could tell family that no one needed to take a shower hotter than ____ (fill in your own cheapskate temperature)...
NinjaCoder
Does it update in RealTime when my family flushes the toilet!?
SirWadeWilson
100° is not the green zone foe me
rzlprnft
Nobody needs Fahrenheit
ExTechOp
Why do these always try to combine controls for amount of water and temperature of water into one rotation? I don't like ice cold showers!
KarlderMarder
Well, in germany, this kind of thermostat is in use for about 50 years or so. But they look way nicer, noit like a speedometer.
badtzmaruxo
We have these at work!
McDooglestein
If if touch dad's thermostat he's grilling your steak well done.
TheGreenBastard
*Thermometer
4528bing
So can it cook?
cosinewave
Temperature balanced faucet. They have been around for a while. Saw my first one about 25 years ago.
valen00
Those are a thing, this is a different thing
2GunsDually
Standard in Europe and Japan for at least a decade, although the gauges there don't look like a speedometer.
kermotherapy
Finland: two knob system, one for temperature, one for flow. Thermostat built in, just open the valve and you have the right temp always.
womaniak
Im not from Finland but ive never even seen a shower that does not work with a thermostat and presure valve
Hount
Wait what? We've had these in Finland for like ~10 years? The only difference is that they look normal.
utdrmac
Where do I buy this?
db22
Now make the numbers move around wildly and it will be an accurate representation of reality.
BionicRanga
I'm a Dad, I appreciate this
crash217
I need this
KarlderMarder
in germany, this kind of thermostat is in use for about 50 years or so. But they look way nicer, noit like a speedometer. Look for "grohe"
railgap
thermometer
BunnieWigglesworth
Yeah, this isn’t how shower controls work; should be a razor thin line @ ~75%, with “ice” on one side and “boiling” on the other...
JustAnotherGoodGuy2816969
coldfire02
I've had this in Albania since i was a kid. And Albania is a third world country.
SelfPleasureRobot
Showoff.
coldfire02
I know. Thanks.
MySpiritAnimalIsTheUnpopularOpinionPuffin
Yeah, that's if the water heater is set to 130 for max temp. Residential tank style water heaters go up to 165.
NotWBRecords
I’ve only seen these in hotels.
prumdogmillionaire
They replaced the water heater in my building. I haven't measured the temp yet but it's in the ball park of "holy fuck that's hot!"
MySpiritAnimalIsTheUnpopularOpinionPuffin
Typical way to generate more hot water volume is turning up the temp. So you need to mix more cold water with the hot to make it tolerant.
AirplaneNerd
DoE recommends 120 to save energy but OSHA recommends 140 to prevent microbe growth (but mixed down to 120-125).
MySpiritAnimalIsTheUnpopularOpinionPuffin
Also, 140 is required for food service sanitation.
MySpiritAnimalIsTheUnpopularOpinionPuffin
You forgot ADA compliance for public rest areas 110.
Brandy321
This looks like a BBQ thermometer. If you smell propane or briquettes, leave quickly.
SelfPleasureRobot
No, I eat first.
CumDumster
It'll only smell like gas if you hired a German plumber
Arehel
Damn, came here to say that. But you were faster. +1 for your victory
Falos
ichoosethering
HEYYYYYOOOOOOOO
PackedCatMeowingPowerDensity
German plumbers nowadays only make vintage porn videos. Thank you very much.
ItsTime4it
Is it a passive or active shower control ?
meeowth1
Upon research, looks like you set the actual desired temp, this was made for old-folks homes https://www.symmons.com/collections/visu-temp/
Corrodias
The description tells me that it is passive. It helps you set an appropriate temperature, if your nerves aren't so good, by displaying it.
meeowth1
only 400$
Itsmeyay
For 523 a pop per thermostat, I will accept the fact that I might occasionally burn myself
Corrodias
Compared to the price of anything else involved in home ownership, that's really not that bad. However, I believe meeowth1 was incorrect.
Corrodias
The description tells me that it is passive. It helps you set an appropriate temperature, if your nerves aren't so good, by displaying it.
meeowth1
Looks to be a passive monitoring of the temp, which is more than enough in this application. Active would involve too many points of failur
FoxySpirit
There have been active shower thermostat for ages and they work just fine. Mine even is an older model, newer ones react quicker.
Zooka128
I have an active shower control, except mine's digital but I suppose it could easily work without a digital display.
cavedoge
You might be surprised
cavedoge
You also might not im just keeping you aware of life's possibilities
ItWasCool
legit though, the thermostat head would need active temperature reading from both its hot and cold water, or else it would be wrong always.
NotTheSharpestSpoonInTheDrawer
Flow meter and pt-100 on outlet with PID regulators. Temp-regulator adjusts hot and flow-pid compensates on cold.
meeowth1
ok, looked it up, and it is super active with automatic shut-down fail-safes and everything https://www.symmons.com/collections/visu-temp/
ItWasCool
i figured it would have to have some sort of monitoring
previoustopcomment
Nothing there implies it actively changes flow to adjust temp, just that it shuts down if one flow stops suddenly.
Abracanawbra
Pressure balancing valve. Mind you it doesn't say automatic pressure balancing valve.
meeowth1
"pressure-balancing valve that adjusts automatically and instantly to continually equalize or “balance” the hot and cold water pressure"'