How does the water that comes out of our sink and shower faucets change temperature when we move the handle(s) back and forth? How does it know to go from hot to cold and visa versa?
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Think of your mixer tap like a set of scales.
If one tap is opened further than the other, the water will be tempered towards that end heat wise.
Hot tap fully open and cold tap only half open = water roughly 75% as hot as your boiler could make it.
Both taps fully open = water roughly 50% as hot as boiler can make it.
These are examples only and are purely for the purpose of explaining the process (because cold water has a varied effect on hot water in various quatities)
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