[NSC] Kettles

[LANGDON SEAGULL]

Do you use the hot tap or cold tap to fill your kettle up?


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[Super Steve Earle]

Cold tap obviously

 

[dazzer6666]

Cold. Daft question. Next.......?

 

[Bozza]

Can't wait for the first "I've got a boiling water tap so don't need a kettle" response.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Cold
Why would you use the hot?

 

[Barham's tash]

Can't wait for the first "I've got a boiling water tap so don't need a kettle" response.

Damn. You beat me to it.

But in the spirit of the OP - it uses the cold tap. *thumbs up*

 

[Bodian]

Cold
Why would you use the hot?

Because I use a kettle on the gas hob. Putting hot/warm water in means it boils a lot more quickly.

However, mine's a mixer tap - so technically the answer is both or neither!

 

[BN9 BHA]

Because I use a kettle on the gas hob. Putting hot/warm water in means it boils a lot more quickly.

However, mine's a mixer tap - so technically the answer is both or neither!

I was actually waiting for a " boils quicker " reply.
What sort of hot water system do you have?

 

[dazzer6666]

Because I use a kettle on the gas hob. Putting hot/warm water in means it boils a lot more quickly.

However, mine's a mixer tap - so technically the answer is both or neither!

Is it ? Surely you can make your mixer tap produce hot or cold water ?

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

I've got a boiling water tap so I don't need a kettle.

 

[Weststander]

Can't wait for the first "I've got a boiling water tap so don't need a kettle" response.

For which a small army of NSC plumbers tried in vain to install it and later fix it.

 

[BN9 BHA]

To be fair, if you didn't need to start a combi boiler in order to make the hot water, then it would be considerably more energy efficient to fill a kettle from your already heated water.

It's not something I would do personally, as even though boiling it through a kettle would kill any pathogens, I suspect that it might have a particular taste to it.

I have seen far too many dirty cold water storage tanks in lofts that supply hot water cylinders.
I always use mains cold water to fill my kettle

 

[Bodian]

I was actually waiting for a " boils quicker " reply.
What sort of hot water system do you have?

Combi - I probably use more energy when it kicks in than I save mind - although if it's on for the heating, it's already burning gas. There's something more satisfying about boiling a kettle on the hob than an electric kettle - don't know what/why, there just is.

Is it ? Surely you can make your mixer tap produce hot or cold water ?

Yes - but the OP's question was about which 'tap', not what temperature!

 

[BN9 BHA]

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[BN9 BHA]

Combi - I probably use more energy when it kicks in than I save mind - although if it's on for the heating, it's already burning gas. There's something more satisfying about boiling a kettle on the hob than an electric kettle - don't know what/why, there just is.



Yes - but the OP's question was about which 'tap', not what temperature!

I grew up in a house with a whistling kettle on the gas cooker.
I've been to houses with an Aga and seen kettles used on them

 

[Sirnormangall]

When I run my hot water tap for eg. to do the washing up, it first runs cold for a while. So to save wasting that water I fill up the kettle. Will it kill me?

 

[marlowe]

I accidentally filled my kettle with water from the hot tap and began the boiling process this very evening. When I realised my error I immediately removed the kettle from the base unit, emptied it completely and refilled with water from the cold tap.

 

[BN9 BHA]

When I run my hot water tap for eg. to do the washing up, it first runs cold for a while. So to save wasting that water I fill up the kettle. Will it kill me?

A don't think washing up has ever killed anyone

 

[Sirnormangall]

A don't think washing up has ever killed anyone

My children would disagree.

 

[Triggaaar]

Yes - but the OP's question was about which 'tap', not what temperature!

That is next level pedantry.

You have earned a pedant star.