This can be prevented by setting the water heater to a temperature where the bacteria Legionella cannot thrive. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) recommends water heaters be set ...

For some thermostats, degrees are listed while others say LOW, HOT, A, B, C and VERY HOT. If this is the case, review the manual to see the water heater temperatures those settings indicate.

Energy costs during the winter can rise as quickly as the temperatures outside fall, and with Christmas right around the corner we probably have other more enjoyable things that we could apply that ...