Ron Natalie wrote:

"CC Wright" wrote in message ...


Ron Natalie wrote:

"brucrx" wrote in message ...
Is it true that 180F is optimal?

180F is the minimum to boil off any water. The maximum is typically 212F.
Check your operating limitations.

212F max at Sea Level. The boiling temperature of water decreases with decreasing pressure.

No, the operating limitations say 212 (well in my case 100 C). It does not say it is the boiling
point of water nor does it say anything about the limit varying with altitude.

The maximum you wrote above appears to be in the context of boiling off any water, since it is after a
sentence that discusses the minimum (temp) to boil off any water. The laws of physics describe
boiling points, operating limitations do not need to, since these exist in nature. It is physically
impossible to boil water above 212F at Sea Level Pressure, since if the temp is higher than that it
has already boiled. That maximum temperature of water in the liquid state decreases as pressure
decreases, i.e. increased pressure altitude.