@emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Post #3459780
2026-06-20 04:46 UTC
That’s crazy, I’ve never heard that. I know our hot water heaters are kept high enough that bacteria can’t grow, and every source I’ve found says the other risk is lead contamination, and we don’t have any lead pipes in our house, so I’m going to assume this is an old outdated rule. Plus for the bacteria concern, it’s being boiled again anyway.
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@AA5B@lemmy.world 2026-06-20 18:20
Even without lead pipes, it may be worth testing …. what about all the pipes bringing water to your house? copper pipes used lead-based solder for many years, so can still leach lead into hot water My reason for not putting hot water into the kettle is that I need to run the water for a bit to get it hot, and that takes longer than the few seconds I’d save