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SWC

Hi Mark,



I was speaking with my 75 years young retired engineer friend on Saturday and he informed me that he had turned his water heater down to 120 F for the summer.



I suggested this was a very bad idea because of the risk of Legionairres Disease.



His dear wife has an autoimmune disease and other health complications and has had several bouts of pnemonia in the last few years.



I told him to immediately turn the temp up to 140+ and leave it there.



He feels he is protected because he is on a municipal water supply.



Do you have any links or suggested reading I could pass along to him?



Thanks



Stephen C

Mark Eatherton

Absolutely...

Thank you for watching out for your elderly friend, and doing the right thing as it pertains to the education of the public as it pertains to this deadly disease.



http://contractormag.com/columns/eatherton/cm_column_645



http://contractormag.com/columns/eatherton/cm_column_656



http://contractormag.com/columns/eatherton/cm_column_668



http://contractormag.com/columns/eatherton/cm_column_681



http://contractormag.com/plumbing/cm_column_98



There are a LOT of web sites available on Legionella Pneumophila. If you google those words, you will get a lot of hits.



HTH



ME

SWC

Thank you

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SWC

Thank you

That list will get him started down a safer path I hope.



The Europeans mandate a daily temperature boost or something don't they?



And, he is definitely not elderly ! That's ageism. ;-)



Thanks again



Stephen C

Mark Eatherton

Not sure if it is mandatory or voluntary...

But I can tell you that the Euro's are light years ahead of North America as it pertains to recognizing and addressing the issues.



http://osha.europa.eu/en/publications/literature_reviews/legionella-policy-overview.pdf



I do know that all of the German boilers I've seen have that sanitization feature as a part of their controls.



And some N.A. boilers (Lochinvar) have an adjustable set back program that could be programmed as a sanitization feature. I keep all of my water heaters above the 130 mark just as a precaution.



ME