Why does the force of the water coming out a sink faucet not strengthen when both hot and cold handles are turned as far as they can go, versus one or the other?

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Why does the force of the water coming out a sink faucet not strengthen when both hot and cold handles are turned as far as they can go, versus one or the other?

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Because unless you have a special setup they ultimately come from one single pipe so the pressures don’t just add up. When you switch from hot to cold you are just routing whatever pressure you have through a different path

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