Rinnai HD70e - Manual (Page 12)

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Excessively hot water is dangerous, especially for young children and the infirm. The
water heater allows you to control the temperature of your hot water to safe levels.
Do stay with children
whenever they are in the bathroom.
Do take them out of the bathroom if
you need to answer the phone or
door.
Do test the temperature of the water
with your elbow before placing your
child in the bath.
Do make sure that the tap is turned
off tightly.
Do consider setting your Rinnai
Infinity 32e or HD70e at a
maximum temperature of 50
0
C.
Do install a child proof tap cover
OR,
Do install a child resistant tap.
Do not leave a toddler in the care of
another small child. The older child
may not have safely set the temperature.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Water temperature over 50ºC can cause severe
burns instantly or even death from scalding.
Children, disabled and the elderly are at the
highest risk of being scalded by excessively hot
water.
Always test the temperature of the water before
bathing or showering.
Burns from hot water taps can result in very
severe injuries to young children.
Hot water at 65
°
C can severely burn a child in less
than half a second. At 50
°
C it takes five minutes.
Burns can occur when children are exposed
directly to hot water or when they are placed into a
bath which is too hot.
DO
• Consider child—resistant taps
or inexpensive tap covers,
both of which prevent a child’s
hand from turning on the tap.
• Consider reducing the
temperature of the water
supplied to the hot tap to
50
0
C.
This approach can be extremely
valuable because it requires a
one time action for a long term
reduction in risks of scalds.
This type of automatic protection
is important during times when a
parent or carer has been
distracted.
DO
NOT