12-03-2009, 01:50 AM
bacteria and fish, etc., live in the deep sea next to volcano vents.
Just do what most do. Unless you're gone for more than 2 weeks, just leave it alone.
You won't be depleting it, so you won't have to heat any COLD water coming in.
The flip side is --- I used to turn it off except for 1 hour in the AM and 30 minutes for dishes
at night. Electric heated up lightning fast, and I don't recall ever getting Toxic Shower Syndrome.
I'd still be doing it if the box wasn't in the garage. Were it in the laundry, I'd flip it on/off twice a day.
Just do what most do. Unless you're gone for more than 2 weeks, just leave it alone.
You won't be depleting it, so you won't have to heat any COLD water coming in.
The flip side is --- I used to turn it off except for 1 hour in the AM and 30 minutes for dishes
at night. Electric heated up lightning fast, and I don't recall ever getting Toxic Shower Syndrome.
I'd still be doing it if the box wasn't in the garage. Were it in the laundry, I'd flip it on/off twice a day.