Thursday, December 30, 2010

Tankless Water Heaters Benefits

Tankless Water Heaters Benefits

Have you ever thought about getting a tankless water heater, based off a plumber's recommendation? Tankless water heaters are definitely something you should be looking into.
Tankless water heaters, sometimes known as instantaneous, continuous flow or inline are the perfect alternative to conventional tank heaters.

They heat liquids on demand or instantly rather than keeping liquids in reserve like conventional tank heaters. They use less energy than tank heaters which in turns means lower energy bills for you.
Tankless heaters work with gas or propane. Gas ones can heat more liquid faster while electric ones need access to a lot of electric power to rapidly heat water.

Much energy is saved with the tankless water heaters which claim to have a 99% rate of efficiency.
Most supply hot water for the whole house including appliances like Tekmar 279 . If it’s the largest tankless heaters that you choose, your whole house will get hot water supply. Where only a specific area needs hot water, you can use smaller units that can easily be installed under sinks.

If you need hot water in a particular bathroom, the small unit heats water only for that room, not for the whole house. While the point-of-use tankless water heater is conveniently located at specific areas where hot water is needed and are, thus, energy-savers, they are sometimes used in combination with a central tankless water heater to boost the water supply which may not be enough due to the small size of the tank.
Tankless water heaters are also space-savers and can be installed out of sight of curious onlookers.
The following are the advantages of tankless water heaters just in case you still can’t make up your mind about them:

• Unlimited hot water - As liquid is heated while passing through the system an unlimited supply of hot water is available with a tankless water heater however, this can also be a disadvantage as running out of hot water self-limits use while a tankless heater has no such limit.
Small size – since it is not bulky, it will conveniently fit in any small space for Electro EM-WX0515R. The choice of where to install a heater without a tank is limited only by your imagination.
Non-existent water leak – with storage water heaters, the tanks naturally sustain damages after a period of time and the water will leak. With a tankless, you are saved from this problem since there’s no tank in the first place.
• Longevity - They have no tanks meaning they will outlast the conventional heater twice as many years because corrosion is due to standing water in the tank. The corrosion will be on the pipes or around the fittings vs. the tank.
Eco-friendly – you are using nothing more than gas when you use a tankless water heater. You are, thus, being more conservative of the environment.

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