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Originally Posted by SailinAway
I think you forgot to mention the valves on the water heater?
I'm one person, so washing the dishes takes at most a small kettle of hot water mixed with cold. Literally two minutes on the stove for the whole day's dishes. That's really the only hot water I need in the summer.
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No need to shut the valves. IMO you are better off from a health standpoint with full pipes, not pipes partially full and partially with air. By leaving valves open, when you open a hot water faucet cold water will flow through the heater, keeping air out.
I hear what you are saying about not using much water. I'd still leave it on.