Can boiling water come out of a shower head?

Question

if yes, then wouldnt you get scalded?
what temperature does water have to be to evaporate?(turn into steam)
has anyone ever been seriously scalded by a shower? >.<

Answer 1

Scalding water can come out of your shower head if the shower's feed line is not equipped with an ''anti scald valve''. This device shuts the hot water down when the water passing through it reaches a certain temp. Water boils at 212 degrees F. Your hot water heater usually has a max setting of about 150 degrees. However, 150 degrees is still hot enough to give you first and second degree burns. Hope this helped you.

Answer 2

Theoretically steam could come out, but thats only theoretical. In all likelihood, it could not. Water boils at 212 deg. F. You can get scalded in a shower, it does not have to be all the way to 212 to scald you. Its happened, there was even a famous legal case of a woman who was scalded by a cup of coffee that spilled on her. You might want to adjust the thermostat on your water heater if this is a problem. Lowering it would be safer and save money too. If you don't know how to do it, don't mess with it, have someone who knows what they are doing adjust it.

Answer 3

Yes, if there's something wrong with your water heater. Tap water boils (and eventually turns to steam) at 100 degrees centigrade or 212 degrees Fahrenheit. Fortunately, I've never been seriously scalded by the shower. :)

Answer 4

For water to vaporise to steam it has to at 100°C (at atmospheric pressure).
Water at this temperature, due to the pressure drop passing through the shower head, will change into almost pure steam and will cause severe scalding. (Just hot water can cause scalding but steam is severe).
(I've not had this happen to me as yet).

Answer 5

That would really depend on the water heater. And it would scald you, yes. And no I have never been seriously burned by a shower.

Answer 6

Data collected over a five-year period in BC showed 453 children (birth to five years) hospitalized because of burns from hot liquids. During the same time frame, Children's treated 343 young children for scald burns – 87 per cent of these injuries occurred at home, with an average of 40 per cent occurring in the kitchen and 9.3 per cent in the bathroom.


Pure steam (unmixed with air, but in equilibrium with water-liquid) has a temperature of around 100 degrees Celsius at standard atmospheric pressure

Answer 7

Water can scald before reaching boiling point... water boils at 100ºC. It is painful to the skin above 65ºC or so.
(212ºF/160ºF for those few left in the world not metric.)