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Question by MarQus1: Electric Tankless Water Heaters – are they energy efficient?
I was told that the electric variety of tankless water heaters suck up a lot more juice than their propane/nat gas counterparts. The reason I am considering electric is that I don’t want an extensive installation – I just want to replace my old electric tank heater with a wall-mounted tankless one. Is it worth it?
Best answer:
Answer by starshadow7@sbcglobal.net
I hope it is, I am planning the same thing. They only use electricity on demand instead of keeping water hot all the time.
Something else you might want to look in to. In the area where I live, I have to have a licensed plumber come in and plug in the new one. If I had to do any real plumbing, I would understand this, but not just to take out the old one & plug in a new one. Have to have a city permit too. Makes mine a lot less cost effective.
Electric Tankless Water Heaters eBay auctions you should keep an eye on:
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On demand electric heaters will cut your utility costs in the short term but are more harmful to the environment, and are not as good for the efforts of the utilities managing the supply of power. For this reason these water heaters are losing ground in countries such as Japan where until recently they were very popular.
The main reason on-demand water heaters save money is that in a tank water heater, you produce heat throughout the day for use later, and some of that heat flows from the tank to the surrounding living space (or wherever your hot water heater is located).
For a long time now people have been telling us that the electric tankless water heater has a huge advantage over the tanked variety.
The electric tankless water heater has a lot to recommend it, but is it actually better than the traditional tank?
I recently heard from Melanie. Like many of us, growing up she had a tank water unit. And when she initially purchased her home, she had a regular electric hot water tank.
Prior To A Few Years Ago, She had never experienced an electric tankless water heater.
