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View Poll Results: What is the Temperature of your hot water? (deg. F)
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11-04-2009, 01:05 PM
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Tap Water Temp
What is the measured temperature of you hot tap water at highest temperature?
Mine is about 145 F via meat thermometer.
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11-04-2009, 01:09 PM
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Scuttle experiment? Your post is timely as I just replaced my busted water heater this past weekend. I need to measure it again with the newer heater, but with my old one, I never measured above 120 F. So yours must be cranked up or I've been missing out on some hot water!
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11-04-2009, 01:11 PM
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Mine is right at 140 F. It is almost too hot to deal with.
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11-04-2009, 01:14 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mmack66
Mine is right at 140 F. It is almost too hot to deal with.
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As you'd expect - scalding can occur at 54C (129F)
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11-04-2009, 01:15 PM
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Yeah, mine runs kinda freakin hot. It is oil fired. same boiler as my baseboard heat, seperate circut of cource. Usually about 140-145ish.
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11-04-2009, 01:28 PM
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Via a meat thermomitor I was reading 139.x it never hit 140. :)
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11-04-2009, 05:55 PM
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I don't crank up my water heater although a lot of people like to. I can't see spending extra to store hot water when I'm not using that much. Daily shave, shower, and run the dishwasher a few times a week, that's it! Clothes are washed with cold water.
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11-04-2009, 08:06 PM
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I bet no more than 120 due to small children in the home. We have it turned way down. It has saved a few screaming children.
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11-05-2009, 12:15 AM
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140-150.
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11-06-2009, 08:31 AM
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Too hot to stand. I backed it off to the lowest temperature.
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11-06-2009, 03:24 PM
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I've always set mine on the conservative side to be green, avoid scalding, and save money. I recently turned it up a bit, which is nicer feeling in the shower, but problematic in the winter for those tending towards dry skin - like me. This thread got me wondering, though, so I pulled out the meat thermometer and measured 112 in the evening... but 129 in the morning after two showers were taken causing the HWH to replenish the supply. I could tell earlier that it varied a fair amount, but 17 degrees seems like too much variance. Can anyone else speak to this?
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11-09-2009, 07:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SepticTank
As you'd expect - scalding can occur at 54C (129F)
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I have yet to install a scald guard in my system, hence there is no adjustment, its just hot!
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11-09-2009, 07:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by _JP_
I don't crank up my water heater although a lot of people like to. I can't see spending extra to store hot water when I'm not using that much. Daily shave, shower, and run the dishwasher a few times a week, that's it! Clothes are washed with cold water.
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I dont have a hot water tank at all 
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11-09-2009, 07:48 AM
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It should be no higher than 125 to avoid scalding and save energy. Unfortunately I live in a condominium and have no control over the temperature. My water runs around 135.
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