What temperature should my hot water heater be set on?
What temperature should my hot water heater be set on?
120 degrees Fahrenheit
120 degrees Fahrenheit is the safety recommendation against scalding, but 140° is the common default setting. Most experts agree that anything below 120 degrees creates a risk for bacteria to develop inside your water heater from stagnant water, such as legionella that causes Legionnaire’s disease.
Can I use my hot water heater if it is leaking?
Gas Water Heater If you have a leaking gas-powered water heater, we recommend that you shut off the gas supply before working with the tank. There should be a dedicated gas shut off valve on the gas line leading to the tank.
What causes hot water heaters to leak?
Pressure naturally occurs in water heaters because the tank deals with incredibly hot water. Hot water creates steam, which adds to the pressure in the tank. If too much pressure exists in the tank, the water leaks through cracks, loose parts, and more. If the water temperature is set too high, the pressure increases.
What’s the difference between hot water upstairs and downstairs?
Called British Gas to check the boiler and they say it is working correctly and they checked the temperature difference of running hot water downstairs and upstairs and there is an 18 degree difference! The kitchen tap is the first in line from the boiler.
How can I get hot water to go upstairs?
Put an isolating valve in the cold supply to the upstairs so no mains cold is going upstairs at all. Washing machine and dishwasher supplies turned off even tho they are only cold supply. Kitchen tap cold isolated. So the hot water from the boiler only has to supply the bath tap. Still TEPID at best!!
Why is my hot water still lukewarm upstairs?
Turned off cold at the boiler and opened hot taps upstairs but nothing came out. Covered by full contract with British Gas, so plumbers come and disconnect the cold water supply to the upstairs taps and guess what…. the hot water is STILL LUKEWARM !!
What did British Gas do about the hot water upstairs?
British Gas called in Worcester Bosch engineers who checked the boiler over and said all was okay, he also suggested that there was cold water crossover in the taps upstairs. Turned off cold at the boiler and opened hot taps upstairs but nothing came out.
Is there any hot water in the upstairs bathroom?
Hot water downstairs is fine as is central heating (downstairs and upstairs). However, we don’t seem to be getting any decent hot water upstairs. Hot water tap in bathroom is ‘warm’ at best. Showers are warm for a bit and then end up luke warm or cold.
What’s the problem with hot water on the stairs?
Run the taps upstairs only half or so open, see if that helps. Over the last couple of days we have noticed that the hot water taps upstairs are bareley giving us warm water. Hovever the hot taps down stairs do give us boiling hot water! Any ideas what the problem might be here? We have a combi boiler situated downstairs – radiators seem to be ok.
British Gas called in Worcester Bosch engineers who checked the boiler over and said all was okay, he also suggested that there was cold water crossover in the taps upstairs. Turned off cold at the boiler and opened hot taps upstairs but nothing came out.
How is the hot water in the bathroom?
Hot water tap in bathroom is ‘warm’ at best. Showers are warm for a bit and then end up luke warm or cold. Baths are also luke warm or cold – despite waiting for 5mins for hot water to arrive out of the tap. British Gas have already replaced the heat sensor in the boiler but this has not helped.