Comments on: Turn Down Your Water Heater (155/365)

By: Angie unduplicated

Angie unduplicated — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 16:14:19 +0000

Bedbugs (and dust mites) die at 140 degrees. If you travel at all, or if you buy any form of secondhand merchandise which will need washing, keep that thing at 140 to prevent infestation.
I’m a commercial cleaner, I’ve seen bedbug infestations, and You Do Not Want Any.

By: Kate

Kate — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 09:23:40 +0000

coupon–I hate my tankless hot water heater.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 02:55:58 +0000

Where I live, people have tankless heaters. You turn it on when you need hot water, set the temperature and turn on the water. No wasting energy (and $) by storing hot water for some future use, and no running out of hot water! The tankless heaters use very little space and can be electric or gas fuelled. My question is: Why choose a more wasteful way of obtaining hot water when there are less wasteful alternatives?

By: Steffie

Steffie — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:38:34 +0000

coupon, finally a picture that matches the story, coupon

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:43:09 +0000

I keep it as hot as possible because it enables a smaller-capacity heater to act like a larger one. When taking a shower, set the faucet to a comfortable (i.e. non-scalding) temperature and it is now mixing some cold water in with a smaller volume of hot water. The smaller water heater can maintain this rate of flow much longer, allowing two people to take a shower back to back without the water going cold.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:02:43 +0000

If you have a dedicated heater for heating water that’s already hot, then yes, you are wasting energy.