What can be done about about apartment building with central hotwater? I'd estimate that the hot water temperature is around 80'C!!! As you say, not very children friendly and I find myself warning vistors who are staying overnight.
I noticed a significant drop in my electric bill after turning the temperature on my hot water down from just under 200 degrees to 110 degrees. I could not believe how high my apartment's water temperature was set at when I moved in.
A few weeks later I started to turn off my hot water tank until I needed it. I only use hot water once a day for about 10 minutes; when I take a shower. My circuit breaker is located in my main hallway so it's really easy to just flip off the hot water when I'm not using it. After I started doing this, I noticed another big drop in the power bill.
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What can be done about about apartment building with central hotwater? I'd estimate that the hot water temperature is around 80'C!!! As you say, not very children friendly and I find myself warning vistors who are staying overnight.
I noticed a significant drop in my electric bill after turning the temperature on my hot water down from just under 200 degrees to 110 degrees. I could not believe how high my apartment's water temperature was set at when I moved in.
A few weeks later I started to turn off my hot water tank until I needed it. I only use hot water once a day for about 10 minutes; when I take a shower. My circuit breaker is located in my main hallway so it's really easy to just flip off the hot water when I'm not using it. After I started doing this, I noticed another big drop in the power bill.
These two simple steps save me about $15 a month.
That's great information.
Do you know why hot water is so hot by default?
The nudge people have told us about the enormous impact of setting defaults. It sounds like they could hot water temperature to their list.
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