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The amount of water wasted waiting for the water to warm up must be astronomical. In my place it can take three or four minutes of the water running to get warm
by russellbeattie 4y ago
The amount of water wasted waiting for the water to warm up must be astronomical. In my place it can take three or four minutes of the water running to get warm - if not longer - and I don't think that's atypical.
Multiply this by 7 days a week by everyone who showers in California alone and it seems like an issue that should get some serious attention.
- rconti 4y agoIt's particularly bad with my tankless hot water heater that apparently doesn't even turn on for 15 seconds, and then you wait for the hot water to get to the shower. I swear the whole thing takes 60-90 seconds, and I live in a tiny house. I can't fathom what the hot water is doing on its way to the faucet. (well, yeah, some of that time is also spent heating the cold uninsulated under-house pipes).
- 0x457 4y agoI swear I had to wait nearly 5 minutes every morning before _warm_ water starts coming out, and our tankless heater was a wall away from shower.