Now, I am curious, what is considered too hot? Many codes do give a minimum temperature of water, either leaving the source or at the point of use.

I do know the Board of Health does require a water temperature of 180°F for sterilization in lieu of chemicals and a "normal" dish washer temperature of 160°F for commercial and 140-160°F for residential is ideal. Even commercial washing machines do require a certain temperature of hot water to kill bacteria.

I served as a legal expert on many burn cases where the temperature is said to be too hot, yet in the majority of these cases, no one would question the parents about what else was going on in the house or the physical condition of the carers at the time of the "accident".

If the Stone Age Beings were as simple as today's humans there would be no one left on earth. Thankfully those simple minded cave dwellers actually TESTED the water they bathed in rather then just jumping into a boiling pot or steaming hot pool of water.

But in those days there were no lawyers.

I wonder who today takes personal responsibility for their actions?

A madman gets an ILLEGAL gun and shoots 10 people and the gun manufacturer is to blame.

A drunk gets behind the wheel of a car and plows into a crowd of 20 people and the Bartender who served this guy the drink is NOW the criminal.

Now we have lawyers/politicians dictating policy as to water temperature of domestic hot water and when folks get sick from all the water borne disease the plumber is the guilty one for not protecting the health of the nation.

The ASSE has a motto "prevention rather then cure" BUT that was before it was the in thing to get sick and become a victim and make money off society.

After all, it requires a certain type of genius to know to keep flammable materials from the open flame of a hot water heater.Yet these same people can go to a home center buy a gas fired appliance and install same without a care in the world.

Only the licensed plumber/gasfitter has to worry about proper venting and having enough volume for proper combustion and the proper location and types of safety devices.

Think about it, what "normal" person would give work to another country and then wonder why you have so much unemployment and lousy educational systems in his country.

We have materials being sent here that are so below code standards they are out right dangerous BUT when they fail, the licensed installer is the one they look to hang out to dry, NOT the stumble bums who manufactured this garbage.