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03-08-19, 10:41 PM
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These numbers seem to refer to gas water heaters...
These numbers seem to refer to gas water heaters where it would make sense that heat transfer rates would result in more waste up the flue. Not so with an electric resistance heater. Although an...
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Heating time is a measure of performance (e.g....
Heating time is a measure of performance (e.g. capability) not efficiency. I'd argue here that efficiency is energy in/versus energy out to accomplish a task....
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Agreed on the decrease in efficiency of a gas...
Agreed on the decrease in efficiency of a gas heater - more heat up the stack. I can tell you from experience that electrical resistance heaters make a lot of noise too when elements get coated with...
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If it takes longer to heat then it's only because...
If it takes longer to heat then it's only because less energy is entering the system,(i.e., electrical wattage), right. The element gets too hot, the resistance increases, the wattage goes down. ...
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Scale decreases electric water heater efficiency?
I worked on my electrical resistance hot water heater last weekend in a constant battle with hard water. As I inspected the mineral-crusted heating element I recalled that its widely held that scale...
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