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This would depend on the temperature of your hot water feed, which is likely much lower. It’s like having a speedometer in your car that goes to 180 mph.

Nifty3929 4y ago
Also we have body sensors which detect acute over-temperature situations and cause us to remediate the situation before damage can occur. Usually while screaming something profane.
- amluto 4y ago
  In case you have never been in a slippery shower or encountered anyone with one of many possible disabilities, excessively hot shower water is a genuine hazard. For example: Slow reaction time (you can get burned very quickly by excessively hot shower water) Limited sensation in some part of one’s body Balance issues or movement issues. Anything preventing one from getting to the control or out of the water very very quickly. A shower delivering 134F water is hazardous and serves no purpose.
  - userbinator 4y ago
    Who goes into an unknown shower and doesn't start out with the control at the cold end, slowly increasing it until the water is hot enough? That's like getting into a car you've never driven before and giving it full throttle right away. A shower delivering 134F water is hazardous and serves no purpose. It does if you want to clean something other than your body in it.
amluto 4y ago
I was off by 6 degrees (looked lazily at axis labels, not at the actual data). But the OP actually measured the temperature. It says, right in the article: > The minimum temperature was 44.4°F (6.9°C) and the maximum temperature was 134.1°F (56.7°C). So yes, this shower violates the code.
- capableweb 4y ago
  > So yes, this shower violates the code. Again, the shower is not the only one dictating how hot the water can get, the water heater does as well. Turning down the temperature on the water heater will make the max temperature of the shower also go down, vice-versa if you put up the temperature in the water heater. Could be that they just run their water heater really warm, some people seem to do.
  - dns_snek 4y ago
    You can't turn down the water heater by much, the temperature is usually kept at around 60C/140F to prevent bacterial growth.
userbinator 4y ago
It also depends on the temperature of the cold water being mixed in.

Nifty3929 4y ago

Also we have body sensors which detect acute over-temperature situations and cause us to remediate the situation before damage can occur. Usually while screaming something profane.

amluto 4y ago
In case you have never been in a slippery shower or encountered anyone with one of many possible disabilities, excessively hot shower water is a genuine hazard. For example: Slow reaction time (you can get burned very quickly by excessively hot shower water) Limited sensation in some part of one’s body Balance issues or movement issues. Anything preventing one from getting to the control or out of the water very very quickly. A shower delivering 134F water is hazardous and serves no purpose.
- userbinator 4y ago
  Who goes into an unknown shower and doesn't start out with the control at the cold end, slowly increasing it until the water is hot enough? That's like getting into a car you've never driven before and giving it full throttle right away. A shower delivering 134F water is hazardous and serves no purpose. It does if you want to clean something other than your body in it.

amluto 4y ago

I was off by 6 degrees (looked lazily at axis labels, not at the actual data). But the OP actually measured the temperature. It says, right in the article: > The minimum temperature was 44.4°F (6.9°C) and the maximum temperature was 134.1°F (56.7°C). So yes, this shower violates the code.

capableweb 4y ago
> So yes, this shower violates the code. Again, the shower is not the only one dictating how hot the water can get, the water heater does as well. Turning down the temperature on the water heater will make the max temperature of the shower also go down, vice-versa if you put up the temperature in the water heater. Could be that they just run their water heater really warm, some people seem to do.
- dns_snek 4y ago
  You can't turn down the water heater by much, the temperature is usually kept at around 60C/140F to prevent bacterial growth.

userbinator 4y ago

It also depends on the temperature of the cold water being mixed in.