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plumbing question/mystery?
at work-hot water heater is broke power is turned off to unit-
we have a sink in break room and sink in bathroom
no water comes out hot spigot either sink
cold water either sink works fine
if hot water spigot-in break room sink is in the on position
and you turn on the cold water spigot in the bathroom
water comes out the hot side in break room
We tried reversing it (turn hot on in bathroom hot off in break room) and when you turn on cold in break room it comes out hot side in bathroom.
What is happening ?
3 Answers
- DR. DIRTLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
HEY-- all hot water heaters have a cut off value on the cold water side, so some one cut this value off that s the reason no water comes out hot water faucet in either room,,,but does come out cold water side,--now to the next problem,, i m thinking--the break room and bath room sink are back to back but in different rooms ,thus causing a bleed back effect when both faucets are opened at the same time
- paulofhoustonLv 61 decade ago
Cold water is going past the hot side when turned on(feeding backward) to the hot water pipes.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It sounds like you are in America, try asking on the american site
