How Does A Tankless Water Heater Work?
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Author: Jo Williams Consider this scenario: You come home after a hard day's work,
and the only thing on your mind is taking a nice, long, hot
shower. You hop in, and start to enjoy the hot water splashing
down upon you. However, just a few minutes into your escape
from the day, you notice the water temperature turning
lukewarm. Another minute later, it is bordering on chilly.
Before you know it, your nice hot shower has turned into a
freezing torture test. How can this happen? Well, more than
likely the problem can be traced to an underachieving storage
tank water heater. For this reason (and others), more and more
people are starting to discover the benefits of switching over
to a tankless water heater. How does a tankless water heater
work? In this article, we'll give you the skinny on this
amazing system.
Before we examine the tankless water heater, let's take a
closer look at its counterpart. A storage tank water heater
keeps a certain level of water hot 24 hours a day, which can
lead to some negative results. First, this constant energy use
leads to higher electricity bills and unnecessary wear on the
water tank. In addition, when the hot water supply gets used
(as in the example above), the water tank needs a standard
amount of time (also known as recovery time) to heat the water
back up again. This can often be frustrating, especially in
larger family homes where the battle for hot water can be
"heated".
That leads us to tankless water heaters. These systems are
designed to heat water as you need it, which means that
everyone in your family will be able to use hot water anytime
on demand. How is this possible? Well, whenever somebody turns
on the hot water faucet, the tankless water heater springs into
action. Cold water flows into the heater and is instantly heated
by copper and brass water ways known as exchangers. The result
is endless hot water in a matter of seconds! The hot water
temperature is set by you and will always remain the same,
which should eliminate any incidences of burns or scalding
water. When the members of your family are finished using the
hot water, the tankless water heater will shut down until it is
needed again. As you can see, this system is far more efficient
than standard storage tank water heaters.
Tankless water heaters also last longer than storage tank water
heaters. Aside from being more space effective (most units are a
quarter of the size of conventional heaters), tankless water
heaters also provide unobstructed heat transfer. Why is this?
Because water is not actually stored in a tankless heater,
mineral build-up does not occur. This enables a tankless water
heater to perform at the highest level for upwards of 20 years
or more.
Now that you have a better idea about how a tankless water
heater works, why not consider replacing your outdated storage
tank with a system of your own? You will save energy, space,
and money, and best of all you and your family will always be
guaranteed hot water any time it is needed.
About The Author: Jo Williams has an interest in Home related
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