Has your old standard type water heater hit the bucket? Is it beyond repair? Maybe you have heard the newest buzz, well not the newest, but the buzz about tankless water heaters and why so many people are going tankless compared to the standard type water heaters. Let’s look at some positives for choosing to find a tankless water heater for sale over the traditional type for your home.
When you go tankless, you will save a lot of space. No need to jam it into the closet right next to the air handler where there is absolutely no room at all, they can be mounted right on the wall, and only come out from the wall about a foot or two, depending on what type you have. Tankless water heaters are hot water on demand, what this means is that there is no recovery period, as the water basically gets flash heated as it crosses the heating elements. In a standard type water heater, once the hot water is used up, the cold water entering it must be heated back up, and then when the hot water is not in use, it loses heat, and must be heated back up again to maintain temperature, which uses a lot of electricity to keep those heating elements burning. This is not the case with tankless waterheaters, as they only light up the heating elements when you turn the valve and are calling for hot water, thus in many cases a lot more energy efficient and more modern in homes these days.
Some may say that tankless water heaters can last up to 20 years, depending on the manufacturer, though I have seen standard ones last this long also, so when it comes to which ones last longer, it’s really hard to say. But you can at least expect your tankless water heater to last 10 years, especially if you get a 10 year warranty on it.
Now let’s discuss some of the drawbacks about buying tankless water heaters for sale. For one they are going to be twice as expensive as the standard type, if not more, I know, ouch. Though you will be saving money on electricity, it is up to you to decide how much you would be saving, and how often your household is going to be using hot water.
Another drawback is, even though they are on demand hot water heaters, they can only heat up so much water at a time. There are two things that you can take into consideration, which will help you determine how much hot water you are going to get from one heater. One is the size of the heating element, the larger the heating element is the more hot water that you will be able to supply throughout the home.
Another is the temperature of the water that is entering. This is major especially for those that are living in cold regions where the water inside of the plumbing pipes gets near frozen. For those that live in a warmer climate such as Florida, this does not take that much power to get the water up past 100 degrees or so.
Other than that, those are really the only drawbacks that you should consider if you are looking for a tankless water heater for sale.