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STR complaint water is not hot enough
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My water heater has been on 110F for many years with no complaints.
Mabe there is some heat loss due to the cold?
I am an hour away from this house.
I haven't even had my coffee yet this morning.
Luckily I have a Rheem wifi water heater and I just raised the temp using my phone and now I will go back to my coffee!
P.S. There is no such thing as a hot water heater. They do not heat hot water, they heat cold water to make hot water. They are water heaters.
A contractor corrected me one time. I still catch myself saying it wrong occasionally and now I notice when people say it wrong.
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Hi John,
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.
How to choose a temperature: https://www.gopreferred.com/blog/what-temperature-should-my-water-heater-be-set-to/