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To: blackdog

The problem is the water *IN* the hot water tank that you use in the house. The hot water tank never gets warm enough to kill the legionella bacteria just like in the cooling towers at the hotel where legionella got its name.


30 posted on 07/12/2025 6:19:35 PM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn)
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To: Don W
The problem is the water *IN* the hot water tank that you use in the house. The hot water tank never gets warm enough to kill the legionella bacteria just like in the cooling towers at the hotel where legionella got its name.

I honestly don't understand how this can be. See posts # 11 and 29 for two FReepers with experience with heat pump water heaters keeping the water thank at 135F or 140F like we would with a "normal" water tank.

32 posted on 07/12/2025 6:27:15 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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