What is Energy Factor Energy Factor is the common name for a number of standardized metrics used to measure the energy efficiency of several home appliances. The Energy Factor for each appliance category is measured differently so you cannot really…
Gallons per Minute When shopping for a tankless water heater the first thing people check out is how much hot water is the unit can provide. Next, they often look at the various features the units have and try to…
Why we used to keep water very hot Storage hot water heaters are usually set to 120 °F and even to 140 °F. This can look weird to anyone who knows what sort of temperature 120 °F is. Water that…
Tankless Water Heaters are Different Tankless water heaters are very different from tank water heaters so you may have to change many habits if you change to a tankless unit. Washing the dishes is one of the things you will…
Cold Shower? One of the most common issues with tankless water heaters is the failure to deliver water at a comfortably warm temperature. This is almost always about the wrongful decisions of consumers rather than some inherent weakness of tankless…
The Water softener Dilemma Hard water is a problem many of us have to live with and its effects on our hot water heaters is one of the key aspects of the water softener dilemma I will be discussing on…
The Problem I’ve worked in retail for many decades and I’ve consistently seen the same problems continually occur. It’s not that people are stupid, it’s simply that they don’t think about certain things ahead of time. For example, if you…
Make Sure You Find A Good Location When an old storage hot water heater is replaced by a more efficient tankless unit, a popular practice is to install the new unit right where the old one had been. This is…
Cold Water Sandwich? It is not uncommon to hear someone complain about a tankless water heater that has recently been installed to replace an old hot water heater with tank. Many a times the complaint is about intermittent or sporadic…
What does Condensing Mean? Condensing ability is a feature you can see in both traditional and tankless water heaters. Condensing water heaters absorb almost all the heat in the fumes produced by the burning of propane or natural gas to…
