• JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Also, if the water coming out of your faucet is hot enough to harm you, turn down the temperature of your water heater. You will save quite a bit of money too.

    Edit: and check the anode in your water heater every 5-ish years. So much cheaper and easier to replace that than the entire tank. Pay attention to your water heater.

    • Semi-Hemi-Lemmygod@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      Absolutely correct. However, I’ve lived in apartments where I couldn’t control the water heater temperature and other people might be in the same situation who might benefit.

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      4 months ago

      Just commenting to say you cannot simply lower the water temperature. If you go too low there is a risk of legionella and nobody wants that. So please, before you lower your water temperature, do some research.

      I believe 60 degrees is basically the lowest you can go safely. Different sources seem to indicate that.