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rrhool wrote:
Hot water needs to be stored at 55°C or more to prevent the growth of Legionella and similar.
I have this argument at home, when they all complain the hot tap is too hot.
This isn't the temperature water is stored at, it's the temperature it's delivered to the bath. The usual solution is a temperature regulating mixer tap which mixes cold in to the hot as required to meet the temperature limit.
The requirement is only for bath taps, not other taps, so you can still have your volcanic hot water in sinks.
As someone who has had a large scald scar on my arm since early childhood, I have some sympathy for limiting hot water temperature.Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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27th Jun 2019 3:32 pm
rrhool
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Yes, your are of course correct. The temperature is controlled at the tap.
Edit: I've set my hot tank to about 57°C, but that is quite hot!Richard
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27th Jun 2019 3:36 pm
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My hot water tank. An Oso unvented Super 210.
It does away with a cold water tank and therefore no noise when running any tap. Mains pressure hot and cold water, no need for a power pump to the shower or electric shower. Fills the bath in 90 seconds. Very economic.
It’s heated by the Grants Vortex Eco external kerosene boiler and Secondary electric. Heating engineer told me to just leave it on 24/7, which is what I do. 18 minuets to heat the tank from empty.
Preset and remote thermostatic dual temperature. Anti scold.
27th Jun 2019 3:45 pm
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Quote:
Anti scold.
So it doesn't tell you off if you use all of the hot water? Visiting from rrsport.co.uk
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27th Jun 2019 6:27 pm
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Not quite, but it’s a bigger tank by 50-60 lts, so you don’t use it all.
I had new heating put in at the beginning of the year. I was going to renew the showers, but my Plumber told me definitely not to bother until I got this system in. He runs the exact same thing himself.
Last edited by Someone-Gone on 27th Jun 2019 11:40 pm. Edited 1 time in total
Does no one have elbows anymore for testing the bath temperature
No-one has CALIBRATED elbows anymore. Boris and Nigel have both been quoted as saying the calibrated elbow is another example of EU interference. allegedly.
27th Jun 2019 11:12 pm
galwaygreen
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when we was kids you didnt need a lock on the doors and you only had one tap....a cold one
27th Jun 2019 11:30 pm
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