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Originally Posted by AC2717
the water heater you should leave on the power. when the water is heated and then allowed to cool all the way down, bacteria starts to fester in the tank. This becomes a source for Legionares disease. I found this out from someone that ended up getting it this way. I used to shut the power off to the tank as well. Not really saving that much anyways, and I mean not much at all
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Can you provide any additional info re: the bacteria?
Also, I turn my hot water heater off every Sunday before we leave. Mostly because it's electric and the electricity where I am is expensive. It makes no sense to heat the water for 5 days when I'm not there. There is a cost savings for me as I can track every kwh using an online energy manager system provided by the electric supplier. It takes far less energy to heat the "room temp" water back up than to keep it heated all week.
BT