Hot water from the cold tap

Graymee
Graymee Forum Participant Posts: 84
edited July 2018 in Caravans #1

If I operate the bathroom or kitchen tap with it selected to the cold position, after a second or so it runs quite hot before cooling down again. Does anyone else have a similar problem?

The caravan is a Bailey Provence Series 6 and the hot and cold pipework is ty-wrapped together from the water heater to the taps. I have put insulation round the hot pipework as far a practical to eliminate heat transfer to the cold side but it doesn't seem to have made any difference. Any ideas on how to eliminate this?

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  • moulesy
    moulesy Forum Participant Posts: 9,402 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    edited July 2018 #2

    We have noticed this too. We just run the cold for a few seconds longer - it is caused by the proximity of the hot and cold pipes I believe.

  • Merve
    Merve Forum Participant Posts: 2,333
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    edited July 2018 #3

    yes, Moulesy is right. Usually the red and blue pipes carrying hot and cold are zip tied together so heat transfer takes place. Just a bit longer to run the cold tap.

     

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