Water heater?
Water heater?
Water heater caused home explosion
Fire investigators said an improperly hooked-up water heater is what caused a Valencia County home to explode last week. The homeowner Ruth Garcia told neighbors the house exploded as soon as she opened the front door.
Water Heater?
I live in an apartment and my water doesnt stay hot enough for longer than one person to take a shower without waiting a couple of hours between the showers. This is very annoying so I asked the maintenance man about it and he said my water heater was new and it probably just needed to be turned up but yet he never sent anyone to do this.
So do you think he’s full of crap or can turning up the water heater really help fix this problem.
If so how can I do this myself? Is it just a knob?
Its an electric water heater.
there are or should be 2 covers on the side of the heater. 1 screw holds the cover on. Underneath each cover is a control for the thermostat. Make sure both are set at the same temp. About 125 degrees should be ok for you. There should be a mark for this temp. Turn the breaker off to the heater if it makes you less scared to take the cover off. Just be careful what you touch if you don’t turn it off.
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April 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
Why would you need to use more water? Basically you’d still use the same, a 5 min shower is still a 5 min shower. It would be a choice as to how hot you like you water, however, the hotter you want it, the more energy the heater is going to use.
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
The water heater is one of the biggest energy users in many Canadian homes (I am up here), second only to the furnace. So it makes sense to keep track of your hot water consumption and make sure that the heater is running as efficiently as possible.
Many water heating tank manufacturers pre-set the temperature of the tank to 60°C (140°F). You can lower the thermostat to as low as 55°C (130°F) to save energy. Do not set it any lower, as this would risk the growth of disease-carrying bacteria such as legionella.
To reduce waste is to take showers or baths depending on which uses less water.Some think showers use less hot water than baths, others say baths use more.They are both right.Which is correct for you depends on how long and hot your showers are and how deep and warm your baths are.
The bottom line is keeping your water heater set at the lowest temperature that provides you with sufficient hot water. You can always try turning it down, then inch it back up if you find you are running out of hot water or having other problems. Moreover, there is a safety benefit to lowering your water heater temperature. Water heated to 140°F water can pose a scalding hazard, especially a concern where young children have access to faucets.
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
If you set the temp on high, the w/h will turn on more often to maintian that temp. If it has to heat-up after a shower etc. that’s a relatively short amount of time and therefore less energy.
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
55 mph SAVES GAS, the same principal apply’s for your heater setting. Set it to the normal mark on the dial, you’ll save energy and extend the life of your heater .
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April 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
If you had it set on high it would have to keep it at that temperature 24/7………..it would take much more energy
April 22nd, 2010 at 10:43 pm
As another poster said, you don’t use any more water at all in either scenario. If you turn it up you use less volume of hot water, more cold…if you turn it down, you use more volume of hot, less of cold…but the net amount of water is the same.
You save money keeping the water heater as low as possible. The RATE the heater loses it’s heat through the tank insulation increases the greater the difference in temperature.
Even if the scenario you stated were true…that you did "use more water"…water is much cheaper than energy.