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Turn down your water heater thermostat
In a typical household, the water heater thermostat is often set to 140 degrees F. But did you know that 120 is usually fine? Why is this important for the earth? Well, according to Power Scorecard (founded by leading environmental organizations and scientists), each 10 degree reduction saves 600 pounds of CO2 per year for an electric water heater or 440 pounds for a gas heater. And here’s another interesting tidbit from their site: “If every household turned its water heater thermostat down 20 degrees, we could prevent more than 45 million tons of annual CO2 emissions - the same amount emitted by the entire nations of Kuwait or Libya.” Pretty impressive. Today, challenge yourself to check your water heater and lower it to the most energy efficient level.
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We turned down our water heater thermostat to 120 a couple of years ago. Our household thermostats are set between 68 – 70. This year our Christmas gift to each other is programmable thermostats for the house. We recycle, use fabric grocery bags, etc. It just makes sense to conserve energy.
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We have been keeping our water turned down to 120 since we hit cold weather. TG we have a energy star heater that is super economical, even when we have to let the water run at a trickle to keep the pipes unfrozen. We live in a trailer in sw SD.
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Have been keeping hot water heater set to 120 for long time now. Also set the thermostat to about 70.
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I did this a while ago!
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Ever since our son was born (5 years now!) the hot water heater has been down to 120.
T’stat never goes above 68, nights its down to 64. Only one who doesn’t like it is our hermit crab!Log in or join the community to reply to this comment. -
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I had already been to doing this since high school;over ten years ago. :)
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