Tankless Water Heaters - Gas Or Electric?
All the rage within the plumbing world at the moment are the increasingly popular tankless water heaters, or 'on-demand water heaters' and this is for several reasons.
First of all they are easy to install and can be done so quickly with little effort or cost.
They also provide heated water quickly and efficiently without breaking the monthly budget and with minimal damage to the environment.
You may not know it however tankless water heaters have been around for a lengthy period of time, most often used in 3rd world locales to reduce costs or older cities which lack the infrastructure to install gas plumbing within the walls of their antique buildings.
With budgets tightening in the western world and many more people worried about the effects of dangers such as climate change the tankless water heaters seem to be heading towards a larger and still growing market.
How does a tankless water heater differ? Your conventional water heating system uses your gas mains to heat a tank of water inside of the large unattractive container you can see placed in your backyard.
This takes a period of time, usually 30-45 minutes and when the tank is depleted you will have to wait one more.
Tankless water heaters don't suffer from this setback and are able to provide warm, heated water as required, when required.
They do have negatives however; mostly due to the amount of heated water able to be produced prior to providing sub-standard water temperature.
The more water which flows through your pipes and the cooler that water becomes.
Which to use, Gas or Electric Tankless Water Heaters? There are two types of tankless on-demand water heaters available of which both sport their pros and cons over each other.
Selecting one which will benefit you greater than the other and be more suitable to your needs is not a difficult task and here we will outline a few things to keep in mind.
Firstly, gas powered tankless heating provides a higher water throughput than electric however this of course means that it is also using more energy.
Not only does it use more energy when heating the water however it requires pilot light to be lit when heated water is necessary however many people may choose to leave it lit at all times.
If you chose to only use hot water when required then you will need to locate your heating device and ignite it on a regular basis, often outside in the cold as well.
Electric tankless water heaters do not have the above con and the power to heat the water only becomes active as the water begins flowing throughout the appliance however generally they can only handle minimal amounts of water when compared to a gas powered heater.
They do have a couple of other advantages though; an electric powered tankless water heater is (as previously mentioned) energy efficient and therefore will save you money with your energy bill each month.
As well as the above, electric water heaters are very friendly for the environment when compared with a conventional water tank heater.
First of all they are easy to install and can be done so quickly with little effort or cost.
They also provide heated water quickly and efficiently without breaking the monthly budget and with minimal damage to the environment.
You may not know it however tankless water heaters have been around for a lengthy period of time, most often used in 3rd world locales to reduce costs or older cities which lack the infrastructure to install gas plumbing within the walls of their antique buildings.
With budgets tightening in the western world and many more people worried about the effects of dangers such as climate change the tankless water heaters seem to be heading towards a larger and still growing market.
How does a tankless water heater differ? Your conventional water heating system uses your gas mains to heat a tank of water inside of the large unattractive container you can see placed in your backyard.
This takes a period of time, usually 30-45 minutes and when the tank is depleted you will have to wait one more.
Tankless water heaters don't suffer from this setback and are able to provide warm, heated water as required, when required.
They do have negatives however; mostly due to the amount of heated water able to be produced prior to providing sub-standard water temperature.
The more water which flows through your pipes and the cooler that water becomes.
Which to use, Gas or Electric Tankless Water Heaters? There are two types of tankless on-demand water heaters available of which both sport their pros and cons over each other.
Selecting one which will benefit you greater than the other and be more suitable to your needs is not a difficult task and here we will outline a few things to keep in mind.
Firstly, gas powered tankless heating provides a higher water throughput than electric however this of course means that it is also using more energy.
Not only does it use more energy when heating the water however it requires pilot light to be lit when heated water is necessary however many people may choose to leave it lit at all times.
If you chose to only use hot water when required then you will need to locate your heating device and ignite it on a regular basis, often outside in the cold as well.
Electric tankless water heaters do not have the above con and the power to heat the water only becomes active as the water begins flowing throughout the appliance however generally they can only handle minimal amounts of water when compared to a gas powered heater.
They do have a couple of other advantages though; an electric powered tankless water heater is (as previously mentioned) energy efficient and therefore will save you money with your energy bill each month.
As well as the above, electric water heaters are very friendly for the environment when compared with a conventional water tank heater.
