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Old 08-28-2017, 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by pauld315 View Post
If someone is coming to your house weekly and running your hot and cold water even if the hot water tank is turned off at the breaker why would you have stagnant water in the tank ?
Of course it would not be stagnant then....the point is that is there really very much difference in having the water heater on and at a safe temperature, as opposed to having it off? If it was off I would want to run it completely out when I returned anyway....and how do you know things were actually done as you wanted when you returned?

Whatever way one does it, I would always run the water completely through upon my return and raise the water temp, even just for a day or so to insure safe levels.....but how many folks know how to do this on an electric tank? Thus my suggestion.
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