Like many people, my kitchen faucet has a single lever that swings left/right to adjust the water temperature.

I find that I typically swing the lever to the hard left position when I want hot water -- but at that position the water is too hot, so I have to swing it back a little when I really want warmish water (for rinsing dishes, etc)

Why not have faucets with fixed stops or notches for hot, warm, cold, etc. Like the 0,45,90 settings on carpentry tools, or the tab stops on an old typewriter, or even the stick shift in a car. You could override if necessary, but 99% of the time, the settings would work.

This would save you money by encouraging the use of warm water rather than hot, and it would easier to use (no more fiddling to get just the right temperature).

Obviously there would need to be some sort of user-adjustable stops on the side to control the locations for your particular feed ratios.

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