tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870838909866767792.post6619604233046010054..comments2015-09-04T09:59:02.634-07:00Comments on Musings: Saving energy costs by a simple design changeSandeephttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10790280703409659627noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870838909866767792.post-86465044668008223492010-04-09T02:23:02.122-07:002010-04-09T02:23:02.122-07:00Thanks folks for leaving comments; sorry I didn...Thanks folks for leaving comments; sorry I didn't reply any sooner as I didn't have comment notifications turned on. <br /><br />Mgill, to your comment, in my experience I have found it the other way round... i.e., right handed people use left-hand instead of right-hand to open faucet... my guess is right-hand may already being occupied to lets say hold the toothbrush, or pick up the soap etc.<br /><br />Matt, I agree about your comment on "conditioning". Moreover, visitors to US face this issue anyways. This issue can be solved by placing some sort of aesthetically pleasing signage on the faucet which indicates which one will deliver hot versus cold water. BTW, the same issue still applies for single-handle faucet... there is no way to really know which way to turn to get hot versus cold water unless already marked on the faucet.Sandeephttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10790280703409659627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870838909866767792.post-11634516693226255022010-03-15T09:34:56.019-07:002010-03-15T09:34:56.019-07:00As with the QWERTY keyboard there are LOTS of para...As with the QWERTY keyboard there are LOTS of paradigms that will be hard to change. To simply switch the connections, the cost of change can out weigh the cost of beneifit for a long time (e.g. many folks will run the now cold water for a long time waiting for hot, or mistake sinks that are not converted, or there will have to be piping modifications, etc.) beyond the operational and safety factors.<br /><br />A similar but different solution is to change to a single handle faucit. Now folks get what they want and there is no confusion between old-style and new-style.matt arcyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457263928402558361noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870838909866767792.post-91167495066614269602010-03-12T14:15:58.720-08:002010-03-12T14:15:58.720-08:00This brings up the question why
the cold water fa...This brings up the question why <br />the cold water faucet is on the right in the first place.<br />My guess is, most of the time people need cold water and most people are right-handed, so the cold water faucet was designed to <br />be on the right.mgillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328847139430633355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870838909866767792.post-18108562431410954152010-02-24T10:09:50.547-08:002010-02-24T10:09:50.547-08:00thoda wine pi aur faucet bhul ja:)thoda wine pi aur faucet bhul ja:)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00035266723262363673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3870838909866767792.post-34316203797652806552010-02-23T21:37:47.590-08:002010-02-23T21:37:47.590-08:00great observation! i use my left hand to turn the ...great observation! i use my left hand to turn the left faucet. However I always look for hot water first.. since it takes a while before the hot water stars flowing.Ashutosh Thakurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06833667291549901458noreply@blogger.com