Timeline for Why do showers have "hot" and "cold" knobs rather than "temperature" and "quantity" knobs?
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| Dec 20, 2017 at 18:39 | comment | added | Dan Lyons | @DavidRicherby clocks turn clockwise because they're clocks :) | |
| Nov 24, 2017 at 2:12 | comment | added | Clonkex | That is the strangest-looking shower control I have ever seen. | |
| Aug 5, 2015 at 9:29 | comment | added | Gusdor | Is the US the only place that has showers? I am enlightened. | |
| Jul 22, 2015 at 22:45 | comment | added | Stijn de Witt | Hot tap is (was) almost always on the left. The reason for that is simple: People tend to use cold water more often than hot (remember, same design is used in the kitchen). People tend to be right handed. Putting the hot tap on the right would mean you would have to operate the valve on the 'wrong' side most of the time. I have seen examples were it was reversed. I still remember these because the caused me to burn my hand/mouth when expecting cold water and getting steaming hot water instead. ... The labels around the side seem right in that its nearly impossible to find the right temp... :) | |
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| Apr 6, 2015 at 19:36 | comment | added | David Richerby | @jamesqf Although the hot tap is usually on the left, every dial I can think of (clocks, car speedometers, volume controls, taps/faucets, ...) turns clockwise to increase whatever it's controlling or displaying. It would be extremely confusing if this kind of shower went the other way: "things increase clockwise" is much more intuitive than "hot tap on the left". | |
| Apr 5, 2015 at 0:16 | comment | added | JPMC | "'Ive lived everywhere up and down both the east and west US coast" You must not have lived anywhere particularly old. Because I live on the East US Coast and I know besides newly renovated houses, most of the people in my area have the separate hot/cold knobs. | |
| Apr 4, 2015 at 17:35 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | I don't think your experience of showers is representative - there are lots of other common designs besides this one. | |
| Apr 4, 2015 at 16:27 | history | answered | ArtOfWarfare | CC BY-SA 3.0 |