| After the heating and air conditioning equipment in | | | | technologically advanced. Tankless water heaters |
| your home, the next biggest energy user is your | | | | or instant hot water heaters are the newest |
| water heater. In fact, it can account for as much | | | | advancement and offer you hot water on |
| as 20% of your utility bill, so you may not want | | | | demand. Instead of hot water endlessly sitting in a |
| to wait until water is spilling out of the old one to | | | | tank and being heated over and over again, it is |
| replace it. Given the money you could save by | | | | instead flash heated as needed. The upside is that |
| putting in an energy efficient model today, you | | | | you don't use all of the extra energy to keep the |
| could very well save money in the long run by | | | | water heated. In addition to that, the tankless |
| replacing it today. | | | | models have a much longer anticipated lifespan |
| In the recent past, a water heater was simply a | | | | than the tank models. |
| storage tank with a natural gas heater that would | | | | However, changing to a tankless water heater is |
| crank on in attempt to keep the temperature of | | | | not without a downside. There is a delay in hot |
| the water within a certain range. This process | | | | water reaching the faucet as the required warm |
| would continue all day long, day in and day out, no | | | | up is calculated and the water is heated. Also, the |
| matter whether hot water was needed or not. | | | | size of venting and gas supply required are more |
| As you can imagine, this burns a lot of extra | | | | substantial than with the traditional models, so you |
| natural gas, and, when compounded over time | | | | must consider this when swapping models. All |
| can become very expensive. | | | | things considered, if you are looking for an Eco |
| Nowadays, there are many more options with | | | | friendly water heater and save some money, a |
| water heaters as they have become much more | | | | tankless gas water heater may just be the ticket. |