What is a Tankless Water Heater?
Tankless Water Heaters, also called Instantaneous, Demand Water Heaters or instant hots, provide hot water only as it is needed. Traditional storage water heaters produce standby energy losses that cost you money.
No one leaves their car running overnight so that its warm in the morning. A Tankless Water Heater is used only when there is a demand for hot water.
Tankless Water Heaters heat water directly without the use of a storage tank, thus they are able to avoid the standby heat losses associated with storage water heaters. When a hot water tap is turned on, cold water travels through a pipe into the unit. In a gas-fired Tankless Water Heater a gas burner heats the water. As a result, Tankless Water Heaters deliver a constant supply of hot water. You don’t need to wait for a storage tank to fill up with enough hot water, nor do you have to worry about it running out. Typically, gas-fired Tankless Water Heaters will produce higher flow rates than electric Tankless Water Heaters. Some smaller Tankless Water Heaters, however, cannot supply enough hot water for simultaneous, multiple uses in large households. For example, having 2 people taking simultaneous showers and running the dishwasher at the same time can stretch a Tankless Water Heater to its limit. To overcome this problem, you simply need to purchase a system that is correctly sized for your home. To get a free evaluation and quote fill out this form HERE
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