IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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.
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 stay with children whenever they are in the bathroom.
| • | Consider |
| Do take them out of the bathroom if | or inexpensive tap covers, |
| you need to answer the phone or | both of which prevent a child’s |
| door. | hand from turning on the tap. |
| Do test the temperature of the water • | Consider reducing the |
| with your elbow before placing your | temperature of the water sup- |
| child in the bath. | plied to the hot tap to 500C. |
DO | Do make sure that the tap is turned | This approach can be extremely |
| off tightly. | valuable because it requires a |
| Do consider setting your Rinnai | one time action for a long term |
| reduction in risks of scalds. | |
| Infinity or HD50i at a maximum | This type of automatic protection |
| temperature of 500C. | is important during times when a |
| Do install a child proof tap cover | parent or carer has been |
| distracted. | |
| OR, |
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| Do install a child resistant tap. |
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DO
NOT
Do not leave a toddler in the care of another small child. The older child may not have safely set the temperature.
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