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How can hot and cold water run out of the same tap
Surprise Inside the wall behind the faucet there are two pipes One pipe brings hot water from your hot water tank The other pipe brings cold water directly from your neighborhood water supply When you turn the tap you let hot or cold water run into the faucet Turn the tap a little and a trickle of water flows through turn the tap a lot and water gushes out If you let cold and hot water into the faucet at the same time the water from the two pipes mixes together so that warm water runs out from cold water supply from hot water tank overflow drain
