How TMVs deliver safe outlet temperatures while storage stays hot, including the 48 °C bath limit.
Storing hot but delivering safe
There is a tension between Legionella control, which wants hot water, and scald prevention, which wants warm water. The solution is to store and distribute hot, then reduce the temperature at the point of use with a thermostatic mixing valve (TMV).
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