Incoming Water Tap Temps....

[yogitunes]

considering were into an ICY storm tonight....and for the past few days with mixed segments of snow....

currently hitting outside temps of 31F degrees.....burrrrrr

incoming water tonight is 39.....that is Chilled!....

hitting the Warm/Warm selection for a few days....

wondering what temps the rest of you guys are experiencing in your areas?...

just about the only thing loving the advantage of these chilled temps is the TURBO!

 

[sudsmaster]

Well, in the last rental place I lived in, the incoming tap water was always fairly chilly. Never measured it, but... when I bought this house, apparently the water lines are more exposed to the heat of the sun or something, but the incoming tap water is definitely warmer (or less chilly) than in my old location.

 

[petek]

I just checked mine... 39.4 degs. Our water comes out of Lake Huron

 

[jamiel]

yup...hot water for nearly everything in this season. IN the 55 degree basement it works out to be warm.

 

[qsd-dan]

Temper valve says....who cares

Been using a temper valve for over a decade so washer temps are rock solid 365 days a year. Probably the best investment I made in the laundry department.

Just ran the tap...it feels like 50-something.

 

[whirlykenmore78]

Water temps in my house: Prior lake MN

Cold Water 39F (4C)
Hot water 140F (60C)

Laundry washed in 60C water
Dishwasher fills with hot water and washes @ 60C using Sani Rinse rinses @ 70 C.

Water temp in Minneapolis will vary based on the river temp and ice pack near the intakes,
WK78

 

[geoff]

Not to rub anything in, but

When we lived in CT, I dealt with 39 degree tap temps in winter all my life. Now that we are in SW Florida, its an entirely different story. I just ran my cold tap for two minutes and got a reading of 75 degrees. It even surprised me. It also helps that we are the only state out of 50 right now that isn't getting record cold temps. We have been running ten degrees above normal for over a week now.

 

[neptunebob]

But Yogi...

Don't you want to jump in a cold lake with a yellow Speedo?

 

[tomturbomatic]

What, please, is the TURBO?

 

[askolover]

Our water is 45F.  Even though the water heater is turned all the way up I still start to run a little cool by the end of my shower.

 

[henene4]

Back home I would get some warmer water, then very cold.
About 15C probably.

Now I love on the uppest floor in the building.

We are technically 3 houses side by side all sharing 1 heating system, thus I am the furthest from source.

My cold water stays relatively tempered as it runs all the way from the middle of the house up to me.
So usually above 10C.

We do have apparently limitless warm water quantity wise, but water pressure fluctuates a lot if somebody else opens a tap.

So no running cool at the end of a shower, just the praying to get lucky that no one else starts doing dishes in the house.

 

[yogitunes]

@ Tomturbomatic

TURBO: 101

without going into all the basics and schematics of air/fuel ratios and the benefits of a Turbo on a normally aspirated engine....

turbos, and even super chargers, operate off the forced induction of compressed densely charged air into the internal combustion engine...considering this is close proximity to the exhaust, intercoolers help cool this warmer ambient air entering the chambers....

in simple facts, the more colder the ambient air, that equals more dense charge being administered...add in more fuel as well for the 50/50 mix...your packing more oxygen and fuel into the chambers

for the most part this is all configured under normal operating outside temps...BUT, by lowering this incoming air temp drastically below freezing, you find the engine really kicking up power, and causing all 4 wheels to spin out...

for the most part, no damage can occur, for one you ease up off the gas pedal a bit, as well as programming of Traction Control as well as the Wastegate will blow off excess pressure to prevent an OverBoost condition....

in these lowered temps, you can feel an increase in engine power....

 

[DADoES]

Can't check tap temp right now, water/well is turned off.

 

[geoff]

Dadoes

Is that because of the cold temperatures in Texas right now?

 

[gusherb]

Our water is cold enough to make my hands go numb in seconds, but I haven't checked the temp yet. Last time I did after a long cold snap of below 20º, It was around 42º. I have the water heater set to 140º and that's just hot enough for "warm" on the washer to be on the lukewarm side. It's a 75 gallon tank so there's plenty of hot water for a good long shower. The old tank with it's broken dip tube would've barely lasted 1 shower before it became lukewarm.

 

[arbilab]

Rather hope I don't live long enough to see it lower than it is right now, what with 40% of our electric capacity frozen.  Ordinarily doesn't get below 60F winter, 80F summer. 

 

Right now, digital/laser thermo calls it 48F.  That's after it has traversed 3 floors of building plumbing.  By the way, Monday night into Tuesday, there was not enough pressure to raise water to the third floor.  Power went out at the north plant and they tapped our west plant to partially cover it.

 

Suddenly it's 1850 in TX.

 

[jamiel]

yeah, these are the days for turbo engines to really sing! My Saabaru would go in this cold weather like nothing else.

 

[vacerator]

Poor Texas!

The weather is unusual there. I hope food stores are selling or donating parishables before they spoil.
Their power grid is independant of the national, and privatized. At least one newscaster blamed the outages on over dependance on wind generators, which forze up. I fact checked the story and learned that 80% of Texas power comes from coal, gas, or nuclear.
There are wind turbines all over Michigan's thumb region on farms. They only make power when there is wind anyhow. Perhaps they have de-icing systems so they don't freeze. All it takes is a pump. resivoir, and spary nozzles similar to those used by airports.

 

[askolover]

My diesel VW likes cold weather (once it gets warmed up) and I can tell a difference in get up and go.  Our Volvo really likes it.