[Greenbuilding] Low powered (wattage) water heaters availablethrough Hydro Quebec

Corwyn corwyn at midcoast.com
Fri Dec 30 13:03:24 CST 2011


On 12/30/2011 1:35 PM, RT wrote:
>> - Keep your water heater’s temperature at 49°C (120°F).
>
> Probably not the best idea to save a few pennies, recalling a previous
> discussion on this List where one Maritimer had the heebie-jeebies about
> the high potential for legionella contamination even when the thermostat
> is set for 60 degC

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/3/pdfs/02-0707.pdf

Thank You Kindly,

Corwyn

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