In this episode, Larissa and Laura demonstrate how to adjust your hot water heater's settings. Home Energy Hacks is brought to you by Montgomery Energy Connection and County Cable Montgomery.
This is great information! Thank you for sharing!! Also, 120 degrees is the temperature at which bacteria cannot live. So, for those thinking...let me turn it down even more...120 is the right setting!
More important than the small cost savings is the safety factors that should be taken into consideration. You don't want the water at your fixtures to be hot enough to scald anyone, but you also don't want the temperature too low to kill bacteria. Don't take the marks on the thermostat as gospel, use a quality thermometer to measure the actual temperature at your faucets. 120°F will not cause serious burns in a short period of time, but 140F will cause burns in seconds. You can find exact information on how long it takes to scald you at various temperatures online. 120 is the minimum recommended for bacteria control, but it is also the maximum recommended for scald protection.
If I set it in the middle of ‘hot’ and ‘low’ setting, does it mean ‘medium’? Are there any concerns in setting to ‘medium’? I like lesser than hot water, during summer months because kids take long hot showers resulting in eczema(dry skin)
lol, i always try to say "hot water tank" for this reason. also "ground fault circuit interrupter" is another redundant case as the "fault" IS the circuit. it should be just GFI not GFCI, and it is in many cases, but too many gfci, even on product packaging.
How long should you wait after messing with the temperature... Cuz I turned it down a little bit cuz it was on B and it's scalding hot so I turned it down to a and it seems like it's even hotter
