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- From: ed@odi.com (Ed Schwalenberg)
- Subject: Re: Hot water too hot
- In-Reply-To: Renee@cup.portal.com's message of Sun, 24 Jan 93 09:10:18 PST
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.163616.13181@odi.com>
- Organization: Object Design, Inc.
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- <JEFF.COOK.93Jan21165137@pigpen.FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM> <74269@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 16:36:16 GMT
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- In article <74269@cup.portal.com> Renee@cup.portal.com (Renee Linda Roberts) writes:
- Tell the landlord (or property cooperative leaders) to turn it down! It
- wastes energy, especially if it is over 140 degrees. Turning it down to
- 120 will make it so it will take more than 5 minutes to sustain a burn,
- thereby also saving them from potential liability claims (If the energy
- idea doesn't work, the legal usually does).
-
- The state/county/city/town health code may specify a minimum temperature;
- dishwashers in the units may also require a minimum.
-