No, do not under any circumstances use the hot water tank as a water source!
This can be deadly!
Legionnaires’ disease is bad shit.
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A_A@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
cut the electric breaker to your hot water tank so you don’t burst and eating element if there is lower water level inside the tank.
Now you can use this tank as a water supply. You take water from the bottom tap of the water tank. Let the air come inside the tank by opening another top level hot water faucet anywhere inside the home. Be careful to (carefully) refill the water tank once municipal supply goes back on.
stoy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
A_A@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just boil the water before using it. Consider it under boiling advisory.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Please don’t drink or use water from a hot water tank, it has to be kept warm for safety reasons.
Legionaries decease.
A_A@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Just boil the water before using it. Consider it under boiling advisory.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Boiling it can run the risk of aspirating it before it’s dead.
It’s just plain shit advice dude.
Even flushing a toilet with it, now you’ve maybe contaminated the rest of your lines and flushed it into the air to breath. Great job.
A_A@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
in the context : this guy wants to go to a date and he needs water now. So, for a few hours the water is the in the tank is safe // if this guy has some brain - - and he looks like a very smart guy - - he will know how to handle this water. Otherwise, for stupid people : yes, your advice is good.
For myself, i know how to sterilize water - - i don’t know about you … if you are in an emergency … in an earthquake situation … in a desperate situation … you may choose to do something special in such situations … if you think you have some survival skills.