Is this normal? First use, Hello Kitty heated water almost to hot tap water temperature about 105 degree overnitght. LIght was on.
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No, they are cool mist. Mine doesn't heat the water at all. I had this problem with the last one I had and there was a piece of metal between the cap to the reservoir and the circle seal that is underneath it when you put it onto the base. It created water that was like tea temperature, normally the water should be cool like a little cooler than room temperature.
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My water stays cold or room temp. Never ever warm. You may want to call about that.
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The mist should be at about room temperature. Could feel a little cooler as it evaporates on your skin.
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Hi Adrienne. I'm not entirely sure what you're asking. When you first plug it in (and put water in it) you'll see that the temperature indicator light for 185 degrees lights up. If you press the "reboil/temp. Set" button, you'll see that you can select other temps that way. Keep pressing until it lands on the 208.4 F temp. It'll start boiling right away. It doesn't keep the water at 212 F (the boiling point) but at 209.4, the perfect temp for black tea. You can press that button again to get it to boil if you want (like for hot cereal or something that calls for boiling water). Does that answer your question?
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Lukewarm shouldn't be a problem. I generally rinse mine out with hot tap water.
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We have well water so our tap water is about 45 - 50 degrees. On initial fill, I guess it took a little less than an hour. We keep it set at the 208 degree set-point and try to refill it when it gets half empty (2 liters left). Adding the 2 liters brings the temp down to about 130 and then takes about 20 minutes to get back to the 208 set-point. Keep in mind, 1 liter is a lot of cups of either coffee/tea.
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Yep, the heat may be shut off (via a switch in the back) thereby just giving room-temp water. The cold water has a stat / adjustment nob. I've simply left it at the factory setting...cold but not too cold for me...
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I was told you were already hot and didn't need to plug into anything! Or,did you mean how to get the water heated? If that's your question then my solution was to purchase a new product - a Hamilton-Beach temp controlled electric kettle(49$).
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The base is not hot at all. Bottom of the kettle is just "warm", I can touch it with hands without feeling "hot"
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I doubt there is ever a wide enough temperature differential between the cold tap water and the air in your house for this to be a problem. Do you have condensation on your current external tank?
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Weird. Is the hot water valve all the way open after installation? Do you have good pressure with cold water? If not is something under the sink pinching the hose? Never heard of anything like this. BTW I'm just a consumer not a plumber.
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I'm guessing that you are starting with really cold water. The heater can only raise the temperature up just so much - 40-50 degrees, I don't remember.The trick is to discharge the heated water into your source bucket which heats it up and pretty quick you'll have water coming out of the discharge end way hotter than you'd want to shower in.Hope this helps.
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I live at an altitude where water boils at 205 degrees F (96c). I tested the new kettle twice at each setting with 1 liter of water. The water started at approximately the same temperature 70 F (21c)c. I used a calibrated thermoprobe secured 1/2 inch above the stainless plate at the bottom. At the high setting I measured 205 F; at the middle setting 205 F; at the low setting 197 F. So either mine is defective or the advertising is misleading. I'll call T-Fal and see what they say.
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I have a half filled turtle tank. I bought this a few days ago. My digital thermostat is at opposite end of the tank. Yesterday I noticed it rose to 82 degrees. The water was pretty warm to my hand. This may have something to do with the heat lamps being on as well. I now monitor the thermostat regularly and turn the water heater off periodically.
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I had the same concern but it has worked fine. Refreshing, comes to mind. And as I thought about it I came to fear a burst of too hot water more than cold. I've not used the warm/cold model but I don't think there would be a lot of difference in that when you turn a hot faucet on it takes a while before it is hot.
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I always have water over 165+ F available at the tap. But a weak bleach solution (10%) with a contact time of 2 minutes and then rinse with water. Also the tubes are available in stores like Home Depot and they are cheap.
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I just did a test with a digital meat thermometer. On the slow water setting and all other settings on high the temp got up to 135. It also seem to keep the temp steady. If I stopped the flow of water the temp jump right back to 135 when I started flow again.
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It's possible that your water is already above the temperature that the heater is set for. Either that or it's a defective unit, like the other answer said!
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I haven't checked mine, but it's nowhere close to 140-150F; it's more in the 200F Range. Something is definitely wrong with your Machine. Did you descale it regularly? Maybe that's something to look at.