Posted By Pete Longworth
You can't make a decent cup of tea with water at 90C.

Posted By Colin Reeves
"Common sense tells me a kettle will provide 100 degrees water after boiling and hurts if you come into contact. The temp will fall quite quickly to 90 degrees. So I am happy with 90 being set on these water stations."

I am not sure of your point. Boiling water scalds you if put directly on the skin. I also am fairly certain that water at 90 degrees will also scald, even if marginally less so.

The advantages of hot water dispensers are that they remove the trailing leads of kettles, are less likely to be knocked over etc. The hot water risk is not changed.

Accordingly I also agree that 90 degrees is not fit for purpose - tea made that way is undrinkable!

Colin

Posted By John C
This thread triggered something in my mind I came across last year.

As a family we were on holiday at a very well known location, using a static holiday caravan. The caravan was a type that was designed with children in mind, children's cartoon images plastered all over the sides of the caravan.

The shower cubicle door was fitted with a label and to the best of my memory said something like, very hot water, may cause burns to children, always supervise.

That label was in my view the most stupid admission of a problem I have seen for some time. I say this as I am someone who likes a hot shower. So naturally I turned the shower on quite high. I have never in my life ever felt water coming from a shower so hot. Without doubt in my mind if a young child like my 3 year old had gone in there without my knowledge, the skin would have been removed from his body the water was that hot.

The answer is not to stick up labels, but to control the risks by reducing the maximum water temperature available. For gods sake, this was a caravan that was designed for children to use !

Sorry rant over.