Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site prcrs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!rlgvax!idmi-cc!prcrs!joel From: joel@prcrs.UUCP (Joel C. McClung) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Info on hot water heater gizmo? Message-ID: <231@prcrs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 15-Feb-85 08:55:23 EST Article-I.D.: prcrs.231 Posted: Fri Feb 15 08:55:23 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 19-Feb-85 06:10:30 EST References: <775@ut-sally.UUCP> <611@amdcad.UUCP> <259@oliveb.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: PRC Realty Systems (McLean, VA) Lines: 18 I seem to remember reading about some Navy seaman getting some award from the Navy for coming up with a simple yet effective solution to being scalded in the shower whenever someone flushes the toilet. He put a coffee can in the water line right before the shower head. Anytime someone flushed the toilet, the water would get hot, but would be diluted in the one-gallon can and the person taking the shower would never feel it. -- Joel C. McClung Planning Research Corporation (703) 556-2644 seismo! \ allegra! > rlgvax! \ ihnp4! / > prcrs!joel nrcaero! / petsd! /