Power Companies Are Ripping You OFF with your water tank. For years I could not understand why my power bill was so high. I hardly use my heat in the winter time because i thought that was what was doing it but it wasn`t it was the water tank. For 15 years I have been paying out my behind because when i bought my house NB power brought me a new water tank that was set on the highest temperature. I didn`t know that the water tanks could be turned down but they can & it saves you a great deal on you power bill. There employees are not allowed to turn them down so you have to figure out how to do it your self or have some one do it for you. This is something they should have to make customers aware of. They should have to ask what we want the water tank set to & explain the difference & set it to what we want. It is their responsibility to educate us on there service they provide not take advantage of there consumers. They are taking advantage of us & ripping us off! You can figure out how to turn you water tank down by searching it on google & there are video tutorials you can watch on youtube. Also this was my first home & it took me 15 years to learn this. Thanks to Google search they will never rip me off again. Please share this & let others know especially new home owners. I wish some one had of told me 15 years ago. Probably would of saved me over $15000 . Imagine how much money they are making by cheating us just by having that water tank set to its highest temperature.
http://energy.gov/energysaver/projects/savings-project-lower-water-heating-temperature
Also the link to the article above states "Water heated at 140ºF also poses a safety hazard—scalding." This actually happened to my Daughter when she was a toddler when I lived in a apartment that we use to live in & it is on file @ the hospital. The water temp was too high & her back got scalded when my son turned the tap on.
