benefits of low temp water heater
Posted on Sunday, April 19th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Is your water set to scalding? Cool it! If you have a tank water heater, turn down the temperature a bit to save major energy and no, I’m not suggesting cold showers.
Besides you can think about these benefits. Like, scorching savings, many installers set heaters to 140 degrees, but you can comfortably get away with closer to 120 – which is hot enough to get your dishes clean, but will save you 6%-10% on water-heating costs. And, not heating up the planet. If every household turns its water heater thermostat down 20 degrees, we could prevent the same amount of global-warming-causing CO2 emitted by Kuwait or Libya.
