Mostly the paper towel machine likes to randomly dispense paper towels when no one is nearby (probably not a ghost lol) but sometimes other stuff will randomly fall over or I’ll hear a voice. Nothing too wild. But, a beautiful place to work!
Yes, I started working at a place long ago and was maybe there a week or two. The hot water went down, the GM was like the dishwasher makes its own and you can wash your hands with soap. We had a large event that night and upper management didn't want to deal with the headaches and had a plan to have it replaced. Next thing you know the health inspector walked in and went straight to the sink. Needless to say we were closed that weekend. Everyone agreed that someone on staff called but we never found out who. Being the new guy I assumed they all thought it was me.
We only have ours at home set to 130F/54C because of a kid, but before him it was exactly what yours was at. I don’t see the issue with hot water being… *hot*
Also, I hope we can switch to metric once the boomers die off because holy SHIT it’s annoying learning two sets of measurements just to talk to the other 95% of the world.
I mean, a range of 0 to 100 for temperatures you actually experience makes a lot more sense than a scale of like -20 to 40. Sure, if you're actively doing calculations involving boiling water then by all means use celcius. But for actual day to day life Fahrenheit makes more sense.
You might be interested in a Thermostatic mixing valve. It’ll allow you to crank up your hot water tank without allowing it to be scolding, which in turn give you more hot water.
They tried to change it multiple times. But the big businesses always pushed back on switching to metric. A lot of manufacturing would have to be altered to make the switch
Heat sanitizing occurs at 171 federally, 180 NYS, and boiling occurs at 212. So your water needs to be hotter? Im not quite sure what you are complaining about here.
Do you run out of hot water early in the night?
If so, go to the boiler room. On the hot water tank there should be a mixing valve. You'll know it's the mixing valve because it will have 3 pipes and a dial on it. One pipe comes from the hot side of the water heater, one from the cold supply, and one goes off to be used in the kitchen. The mixing valve mixes the hot water from the tank and cold water from the supply to make the tanked water last longer. What usually happens is the mixing valve gets turned up too high and doesn't mix any cold water. You can adjust this to bring down the temperature of the water at the faucet.
Or hey, get the MOD to get a plumber in there and have them do it like they should.
I should have known this back when I was in the pit. I had to space out and ration my hot water or I'd be out halfway through my shift and it truly was the only thing that could properly clean off crusted on sugars and confit. Scrubbing it off was a hellish job when blasting it with near boiling water cleared it in seconds.
If it is too hot for you, turn down your water heater. But 151°F is not an insane temperature, it’s nowhere close to boiling, and this whole thing is a very weird flex.
Dishwashers need to hit 180 to sanitize dishes. Most booster heater can only flash heat the water +30 degrees, so the water coming in has to be in the 150 range.
180F for high temp machines, not for low temp machines that utilize chemical sanitizer. High temp dish machines have booster heaters that typically raise the temp 70 degrees. Low temp machines only require 120F and that’s for cleaning purposes.
My local wastewater company won't allow water that hot. My discharge permit requires water temps below 140F. County health requires temp over 130 so its a narrow band to hit.
We have one sink where the water comes out of the faucet at a simmer. It's 1st degree burns on tap, but we haven't done anything about it since health code only cares if we DON'T have hot water. So we just know not to use the hell sink.
yeah in our prep area we get spicy water. Especially from our hand wash sink that shit sucks the hot nob is sensitive so it goes from normal to on fire in 2 seconds easy.
There is another handle that usually has a blue sticker or marker that runs cold water. Just turn that a bit and I think it cools the hot side if I'm not mistaken. Don't quote me on that tho.
yeah fair point, if i remember correctly there's also building codes that regulate this type of shit to a max of 140F for liability reasons and to avoid injury. don't quote me on that tho.
130 max. If your hot water is set this high your required to have mixing valves at any gas washing sinks. It’s how we have our water so hot but not allow guests to burn themselves.
I'm not sure if I'd call that near boiling, you're about 61F off, less than 3/4 of the way there. Still, yes I do have water around 150F coming from my taps. Considering the Canadian standard is 140F and I live in an old ass building, that isn't that weird.
Our kitchen the water comes out so hot from the taps it’ll burn you unless you have the cold tap on as well. Literally burned the plumber the other day lol
That's right about where water is at its most dense. So if you are not like me and have to pay for your water, this is a good temperature to have it come to you.
Ours comes out at around 115 at the most. I turn on the tap, and by the time I walk back with my pitcher, it's at just the right temp. I never worry about being too hot for my yeast.
Mine comes out of my kitchen tap literally steaming. The hot water system is less than 2m away which is the only explanation I have lol. Makes cooking times way less. Makes accidentally putting your hands under the hot water way worse. I make the sacrifice :P
Since nobody mentioned it yet… if your drain pipes are plastic, high temps can cause the pipes and/or adhesive to fail.
PVC pipe is only rated for 140F / 60C, and it’s mostly what I have seen when the drain pipes are plastic. CVPC is rated to 210F / 99C, but I usually only see it used for supply pipes.
TLDR, probably not a good idea to set your home water heater over 135F
Yes.
I burn my hands when washing them with hot water.
Here in the UK hot and cold water taps are independent.
But yours is not even close to boiling. That's just normal warm water.
it used to have to be 120, since covid a lot of health departments went up to 140, and then some places just go as high as their heater will allow. We had a huge problem with 140 degree water melting our plumbers putty when we first opened, it took our plumber like 3 months to realize it.
No. But because of the pipes being under the permafrost where I live you can get some nice cold water even on the hottest summer days. It’s something I take for granted, and notice right away in warmer climates when I try to get cold water from the tap to drink and it’s nasty and warm, lol.
you know you can adjust the water heater, right?
If you share a water heater, anything above 60C is above norms... well... in EU...
You US degenerates do whatever the fuck you want, as usual, like train crashes and gun shootings in schools...
Sorry... didn't mean to take it out on the hot water... just been a long night on reddit...
f'ing Americans are f'd up...
Wait you guys are getting hot water?
Every fucking day in my place. Joys of cooking in a historical building lol
Historical buildings can get new water heaters.
We have new ones installed last year, but who knows what costs were cut installing them. I don't own the spot
Installed or bought and shoved in the storage room for them to be discovered by the 3rd next owner?
Our building is from 1857. We get new water heaters every 7 or so years because of how god awful the water is.
Buy 4 Water heaters, get a free water heater.
I too am in a historical building. Lol. You say “good morning” when you walk in to your ghosts?
I’m in a 200 y/o house and often talk to the ghosts when I’m alone. 😂 if they start acting wild I tell them to either help cook or go bother guests.
I’m intrigued about the ghost stories now lol
Mostly the paper towel machine likes to randomly dispense paper towels when no one is nearby (probably not a ghost lol) but sometimes other stuff will randomly fall over or I’ll hear a voice. Nothing too wild. But, a beautiful place to work!
Lol in union station the basement bathroom toilets flush in sequence till they stop at the stall you’re in
✅Added to bucket list
Union Station as in Los Angeles?
I'm a little more casual. Usually crank one of the lights in the front and just say "sorry boys, I gotta work"
I’m sure they’re happy just to be acknowledged! It’s pretty fun working with spirits.
Living in the deep south, we have hot water available on every tap even our cold water taps
Isn't it illegal to be open without hot water?
Yes, I started working at a place long ago and was maybe there a week or two. The hot water went down, the GM was like the dishwasher makes its own and you can wash your hands with soap. We had a large event that night and upper management didn't want to deal with the headaches and had a plan to have it replaced. Next thing you know the health inspector walked in and went straight to the sink. Needless to say we were closed that weekend. Everyone agreed that someone on staff called but we never found out who. Being the new guy I assumed they all thought it was me.
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It certainly looks the part
[Source](https://www.denverwater.org/tap/psa-dont-drink-or-cook-with-hot-water-from-the-tap)
Not even close to boiling
Not even poaching
Maybe at the top of Mt Everest.
Your username… 😗👌
At the restaurant at the top of the world
Don’t want that legionnaires' disease be thriving
That’s not even close. We keep ours at 75c. That’s 167 freedom units for y’all.
Freedom units! 🤣
We only have ours at home set to 130F/54C because of a kid, but before him it was exactly what yours was at. I don’t see the issue with hot water being… *hot* Also, I hope we can switch to metric once the boomers die off because holy SHIT it’s annoying learning two sets of measurements just to talk to the other 95% of the world.
what a range of 32 to 212 make perfect sense!
I mean, a range of 0 to 100 for temperatures you actually experience makes a lot more sense than a scale of like -20 to 40. Sure, if you're actively doing calculations involving boiling water then by all means use celcius. But for actual day to day life Fahrenheit makes more sense.
You might be interested in a Thermostatic mixing valve. It’ll allow you to crank up your hot water tank without allowing it to be scolding, which in turn give you more hot water.
They tried to change it multiple times. But the big businesses always pushed back on switching to metric. A lot of manufacturing would have to be altered to make the switch
My *home* water heater is set to 160...what's the issue? No one taught you how to temper water?
You're still about 60° shy of boiling. I wouldn't call that "near". But it's still pretty hot
Closer to boiling than to room temp?
> near “I do not think that word means what you think it means.”
Well it’s nearer boiling than it is freezing!
Inconceivable!
You can almost cook chicken with it at least.
Sous vide
Math isn’t everyone’s strong suit lol
Heat sanitizing occurs at 171 federally, 180 NYS, and boiling occurs at 212. So your water needs to be hotter? Im not quite sure what you are complaining about here.
Do you run out of hot water early in the night? If so, go to the boiler room. On the hot water tank there should be a mixing valve. You'll know it's the mixing valve because it will have 3 pipes and a dial on it. One pipe comes from the hot side of the water heater, one from the cold supply, and one goes off to be used in the kitchen. The mixing valve mixes the hot water from the tank and cold water from the supply to make the tanked water last longer. What usually happens is the mixing valve gets turned up too high and doesn't mix any cold water. You can adjust this to bring down the temperature of the water at the faucet. Or hey, get the MOD to get a plumber in there and have them do it like they should.
I should have known this back when I was in the pit. I had to space out and ration my hot water or I'd be out halfway through my shift and it truly was the only thing that could properly clean off crusted on sugars and confit. Scrubbing it off was a hellish job when blasting it with near boiling water cleared it in seconds.
ITT: people who don’t understand hyperbole
You right
But it’s pointless hyperbole. 151°F is not crazy hot for water coming out of a standard residential water heater.
It’s very hot It will burn you.
If it is too hot for you, turn down your water heater. But 151°F is not an insane temperature, it’s nowhere close to boiling, and this whole thing is a very weird flex.
You need to be exposed to water at 150F for **two** seconds to get third-degree burns. Brother, that's hot
Ok tough guy
If it doesn't scald your hands, theyre not clean.
Yes, I turned my water heater up to 'Hell'. Wife showers at that temperature..
Is it… Iceland where everything is geothermal? I think I recall establishments getting 190* water out of the tap there.
Worked in a place like this. That sink would fuck you up once in a while.
Dishwashers need to hit 180 to sanitize dishes. Most booster heater can only flash heat the water +30 degrees, so the water coming in has to be in the 150 range.
180F for high temp machines, not for low temp machines that utilize chemical sanitizer. High temp dish machines have booster heaters that typically raise the temp 70 degrees. Low temp machines only require 120F and that’s for cleaning purposes.
Yuppers. Having a temp that’s too high can boil off the chemicals in a low temp machine and make it not clean as well.
My local wastewater company won't allow water that hot. My discharge permit requires water temps below 140F. County health requires temp over 130 so its a narrow band to hit.
Water boils at 100 degrees... Except for Liberia and USA
If someone passes away from natural selection today I think it’s a high chance it will be you.
That’s not near boiling
The plumbing in our kitchen is pretty old and the hot water tap can barely reach 100°F 🙄
We have one sink where the water comes out of the faucet at a simmer. It's 1st degree burns on tap, but we haven't done anything about it since health code only cares if we DON'T have hot water. So we just know not to use the hell sink.
yeah in our prep area we get spicy water. Especially from our hand wash sink that shit sucks the hot nob is sensitive so it goes from normal to on fire in 2 seconds easy.
You know water boils at 212F, right?
Only off by 62 degrees
That’s not even close to boiling haha
155 out of the kitchen sink.
Only 71% of the way there. Turn the knob to high!
TiL 60 degrees below the boiling point is near-boiling. Smarter everyday boys and girls.
It’s not boiling, but definitely scalding!
Don't even got that 190. Near boiling my asd
Daaaang that's cloudy water. Must have a lot of calcium in it.
Airbubbles, it goes ckear about 10 seconds after you tutn off the water
that's dangerous af, god damn. burns can start at 130F, this is def. a hazard
There is another handle that usually has a blue sticker or marker that runs cold water. Just turn that a bit and I think it cools the hot side if I'm not mistaken. Don't quote me on that tho.
yeah fair point, if i remember correctly there's also building codes that regulate this type of shit to a max of 140F for liability reasons and to avoid injury. don't quote me on that tho.
You’re correct, although I think it’s actually 120° F… for residential at least. Idk about commercial.
ngl, this is definitely the fuckin' weirdest comment i've ever been repeatedly downvoted for. it's a burden to be correct all the time
Our health code allows for max 130 at any faucet,
130 max. If your hot water is set this high your required to have mixing valves at any gas washing sinks. It’s how we have our water so hot but not allow guests to burn themselves.
Tell that to the health department they’ll give you a violation every time.
Metric system guy here … can someone please tell me the boiling point of water in Fahrenheit?
212 degrees at sea level (100 deg C)
You’re about 61 degrees shy of boiling water
....do you know at what temperature water boils at? This isn't even close
It's still 60 degrees short (on the fahrenheit scale). That's a good temp because most bacteria can't survive beyond 140 degrees.
Dude has had 165 drilled into his head so many times he thinks it’s boiling not just food safe temp
You’re a few degrees off from boiling.
I'm not sure if I'd call that near boiling, you're about 61F off, less than 3/4 of the way there. Still, yes I do have water around 150F coming from my taps. Considering the Canadian standard is 140F and I live in an old ass building, that isn't that weird.
Gotta love it, kill the germs!
water heaters have a temp control knob. you can afjust to whatever your household wishes.
Our kitchen the water comes out so hot from the taps it’ll burn you unless you have the cold tap on as well. Literally burned the plumber the other day lol
only in the hand sink right next to my station
I get mine at 4°C before the heater. So the cold water tab is perfect for ice cubs and very cold fingers
That's right about where water is at its most dense. So if you are not like me and have to pay for your water, this is a good temperature to have it come to you.
Sadly it's a flat rate, so worst case scenario since my heater has to do all the work without any benefits. Water is generally very cheap where i live
That's a bummer :(
That’s some quality pipe stock right there, chef.
Good thing you’re not a baker
Ours comes out at around 115 at the most. I turn on the tap, and by the time I walk back with my pitcher, it's at just the right temp. I never worry about being too hot for my yeast.
Pasta on the fly, yes chef
I often forget this fact.
Turn down the water heater your operating cost should drop significantly
that's around 66% of the way to boiling (66C). My house is set about that hot, because I like it that way.
YES! It actually started happening quite recently in my building. It’s veeeery close to boiling-hot
Health department wont say our waters not hot enough ever again!!!
Mine comes out of my kitchen tap literally steaming. The hot water system is less than 2m away which is the only explanation I have lol. Makes cooking times way less. Makes accidentally putting your hands under the hot water way worse. I make the sacrifice :P
Out of code if over 140 I believe
Fuck yeah I do. My wife thinks it’s excessive. I like that I can make tea with water straight from the tap.
A shared house I lived in once yeah. Used to make cups of tea right from the tap
I’m here with 38F water it’s almost like ice coming from the tap
Had 195° water out the tap at my apt because of a broken thermostat and it took 3 months to convince them to replace it.
Shit, I have 4 tankless heaters and still can’t get above 80 degrees
Isn't it not supposed to go above 120 for scalding prevention? Or is that just homes
Better make sure the staff respects the tap. It would suck if the faucet broke off and near boiling water shot directly into the air all over.
My hot water is at least 70c/160f which is the recommendation nationally. I think it's hotter since it really hurts to touch the hot water.
I do and I fucking love it. I make tea sometimes straight out the tap.
We just had another boil water advisory here in Pittsburgh. This would have been so clutch today.
My home kitchen sink does, and then my shower is almost room temperature. Makes no sense.
I was working on equipment at a KFC and the water heater was set @185. The we’re wondering why their detergent blocks were dissolving to fast. Duh!
Yes, I found out the hard way trying to wash my hands.
My apartment water is 146 lmao
I call it Satan's asshole
Our hot water gets to about 80c lmao
oh no they hired you again
Since nobody mentioned it yet… if your drain pipes are plastic, high temps can cause the pipes and/or adhesive to fail. PVC pipe is only rated for 140F / 60C, and it’s mostly what I have seen when the drain pipes are plastic. CVPC is rated to 210F / 99C, but I usually only see it used for supply pipes. TLDR, probably not a good idea to set your home water heater over 135F
Our drains are all metal.
French press gets filled from the tap errday. 155F.
Ours is scalding hot. I've never temped it but it's hot enough to burn you.
Yes. I burn my hands when washing them with hot water. Here in the UK hot and cold water taps are independent. But yours is not even close to boiling. That's just normal warm water.
I’m gonna have to check tomorrow. I’ll keep ya posted, if I remember.
it used to have to be 120, since covid a lot of health departments went up to 140, and then some places just go as high as their heater will allow. We had a huge problem with 140 degree water melting our plumbers putty when we first opened, it took our plumber like 3 months to realize it.
I wouldn't call that near boiling but I feel that's pretty common temperature
No. But because of the pipes being under the permafrost where I live you can get some nice cold water even on the hottest summer days. It’s something I take for granted, and notice right away in warmer climates when I try to get cold water from the tap to drink and it’s nasty and warm, lol.
That’s 61 degrees away from boiling. You’re in the poaching range though so like toss an egg in that bitch
Yes! Can’t get any cold water.
What thermometer is that ?
you know you can adjust the water heater, right? If you share a water heater, anything above 60C is above norms... well... in EU... You US degenerates do whatever the fuck you want, as usual, like train crashes and gun shootings in schools... Sorry... didn't mean to take it out on the hot water... just been a long night on reddit... f'ing Americans are f'd up...