Tankless: the Hot Water on Demand

In the past few years, tankless water heaters have become more and more popular among consumers, as the knowledge of the advantages of the heaters has spread. Luckily, people, governments and businesses are realizing that in today’s world we should be finding and supporting those innovations and technologies that help us to achieve reductions in energy consumption. Though the most effective change comes through us, as consumer’s whose needs and wishes are being met in the markets by those businesses that support eco-friendly products. It is all about saving without losing comfort. Whether it's a decision to buy a car or a bicycle, or if it is decision to go for a tankless water heater instead of a tank water heater, the decisions matter and instant changes in the consumption can be noted. However, in the first example the consumer might lose comfort and will spend more time to get to his destiny. While in the second example the consumer has the choice to help the environmental and receive not just as same, but more comfort: as tankless water heaters provide hot water on demand.

 

Tankless water heaters are often referred as instantaneous or on demand water heaters. This is because the tankless water heaters provide hot water only when needed. Yep, that’s right. To use hot water only when needed... Well, isn’t that something that we've supposed to be using since ever? Why should we have the water heated 24hours a day in a conventional tank heater if it is not needed? We do not leave our cars running to the side ways during the night while sleeping, or neither we don’t leave the front door open during winter time, while the house heating systems runs on maximum power. Of course we are talking about different factors that are effecting between the water heating and these examples, but the concept itself, to have a system that would produce energy consumption when it isn’t needed, sounds as a bit crazy.

The tankless water heater starts working when the faucet at the point of use has been turned on. The cold water (incoming water) runs through the pipes to the gas burner (in the case of a gas tankless water heater) or to the heating element (in the case of an electric tankless water heater) which heats the cold water to the adjusted water temperature. This process works without the need of storage the hot water the whole day. This is how the unnecessary stand by heat loss is avoided while the tankless water heater provides a constant supply of hot water on demand. Depending on the model, some tankless water heaters can provide endless hot water supply to multiple faucets, showers or washers at the same time. If compared to a conventional tank water heater that is heating water 24/7, it might seems too good to be true, but in reality it is too good without a "but…".

The "but" with the tank heaters: they heat the water but… it is not endless. But it is not on demand. But the product is expensive. But its installation is expensive. But it consumes energy 24/7. But it occupies a lot of space. So… are you sure you want to have hot water with all those “but…”? In the other hand, the tankless water heaters also heat the water, but without a “but”: their technology allows hot water on demand, at an affordable price, saves space and its installation cost is much lower. Even the cost of to have to remove your old tank to substitute for a tankless have a very fast ROI and compensates the change. Though, as technology has improved and the demand has risen, the prices have dropped so that today’s tankless water heaters are even more affordable and the savings can be achieved already in months. Also, with better internal materials, the longevity of the tankless water heaters has risen.

The technology of tankless water heaters was not being invented in the past year: it has been known for a while, but the knowledge and support of this energy saving method among the consumer is spreading now faster than ever, as stated in the beginning of this writing. It is a simple and more effective way to change the daily energy consumption.

Go for Marey tankless water heaters today: because we can choose how we save.

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