Can you die from hot tab water?

Question

Can you die from hot tab water?

Answer 1

no?

Answer 2

No it is not possible to die from hot tap water. Water heaters do not make the water hot enough to kill you. If it is too hot it can still scald you though. Tap water would have to heated up by another source that can get it hotter than your water heater can get it. Even then your natrual reaction to move away would prevent enough of it hitting you to kill you.

Very hot natural water like at Yellowstone or hot spring in Iceland or other parts of the world is hot enough to kill. But it would also be the volume and pressure too that would cause you to receive a large dose of the hot water too.

Answer 3

yes in the paper a while ago an old lady died in a hot boiling bath. scolded to death.

Answer 4

Tab or tap?

Answer 5

tab water no

Answer 6

Yes,

It's also a reason that parents should NEVER leave their child in the tub alone.  There are cases of children accidently turning the hot water k**b burning their bodies which can lead to death.

Answer 7

ermm... im guesing no?? :S

Answer 8

Tap water? yes it can scald you to death

Answer 9

Yes.

Odds of dying from contact with hot tap water: 1 in 5,005,564

Answer 10

Hot water can kill babies, and even babies in the womb. Thats why they cant go in hot tubs, it can cause brain damage or death. But for an adult its unlikely, unless the water is scalding hott!