Tap Water Temp

[JECIII]

What is the measured temperature of you hot tap water at highest temperature?

Mine is about 145 F via meat thermometer.

 

[texbilly]

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!

 

[mmack66]

Mine is right at 140 F. It is almost too hot to deal with.

 

[SepticTank]

Mine is right at 140 F. It is almost too hot to deal with.

As you'd expect - scalding can occur at 54C (129F)

 

[JECIII]

Yeah, mine runs kinda freakin hot. It is oil fired. same boiler as my baseboard heat, seperate circut of cource. Usually about 140-145ish.

 

[s1mp13m4n]

Via a meat thermomitor I was reading 139.x it never hit 140.

 

[_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.

 

[Wendy]

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.

 

[TimmyBoston]

140-150.

 

[RBE17]

Too hot to stand. I backed it off to the lowest temperature.

 

[Dandaman]

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?

 

[JECIII]

As you'd expect - scalding can occur at 54C (129F)

I have yet to install a scald guard in my system, hence there is no adjustment, its just hot!

 

[JECIII]

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.

I dont have a hot water tank at all

 

[Greybeard]

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.


- Peter