Rinnai tankless water heater facts
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Ok - These Are the Facts.
1 25% of every American household energy dollar is spent producing domestic hot
water. Nation wide more residential energy is consumed by domestic hot water
than on anything but heating, and air conditioning.
2 Electricity is the WORST way to heat hot water while natural gas and propane
gas are much more efficient, smarter choices. Based on national fuel price
averages of $1.46/ccf and $0.09/kwh, the cost/100,000 BTU's is $1.46 for natural
gas and $2.64 for electricity. Just under 60% of North American households have
access to natural gas, and if you don't, propane gas is available to almost
everyone and is still a better value than electricity. In addition electric
water heaters have only a small fraction of the capacity of gas water heaters.
So if you like expensive, short showers, with cold water at the end, use
electric; otherwise gas would be a better choice.
3 Modern gas fired tankless water heaters are the best alternative available to
todays homeowners to reduce their residential energy consumption. A typical gas
fired tankless water heater cost about 2-1/2 times as much as a standard tank
water heater. However it will pay for itself in just a few years or less, and
will last twice as long a tank. To determine what tankless will do in your home
click here.
4 If you are considering a tankless water heater Rinnai is clearly your best
choice. On average a new Rinnai is installed somewhere in North America every
3.75 minutes. Rinnai has shipped over 30 million tankless water heaters world
wide.