Tankless Or Tank Gas Water Heater

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Tankless or tank gas water heater.

What is a tankless water heater. Smith signature select 8 gpm outdoor natural gas tankless water heater. The 199 900 btu natural gas tankless water heater is designed to supply continuous hot water for up to 3 bathrooms at the same time. A tankless water heater is typically powered by gas or electricity.

As their name implies tankless or on demand water heaters don t store water in a tank. It uses high powered burners to rapidly heat water as it runs through a heat exchanger and deliver it directly to your faucets or shower without storing it in a tank. Either a gas burner or an electric element heats the water. Rinnai super high efficiency plus 9 gpm indoor natural gas tankless water heater.

Instead they heat water as it passes through the unit using a heat exchanger to rapidly bring it. Along with their longer lifespan tankless water heaters are known to have reduced monthly energy bills helping offset their higher purchase price. According to home depot it costs between 2 044 to 5 898 with the average being 2 979 to have a tankless water heater installed accounting for the heater installation materials any. The doe notes that storage tank water heaters typically last 10 to 15 years while most tankless units have a life expectancy of 20 years or more.