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Old 08-01-2022, 05:56 PM   #28
John Mercier
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You should only draw from the water heater if the hot valve is open in the shower or faucet.

If you do open the hot side, that should flush the system enough to keep the bacteria count from exploding. The only real value to that is that well water is cold, and the tank would slowly warm to ambient temperature without the use of electricity by drawing heat from the ambient air.

So the tank water would be warmer than the well water.
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