– why can water taps provide very hot water but not very cold water

Question

We can turn our taps to easily provide us with hot water when doing the dishes, but if we want a cold cup of water we need to add ice – why?

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Answer 1

The “cold” water is just the ambient water temperature in the pipes. If the ground is hot, the water will be hot because the pipes will absorb heat from the ground. There’s no refrigerator cooling the water. Hot water on the other hand actually goes through a heater to make it hot.