Tankless water heaters have several advantages over conventional storage type water heaters that store a large volume of water in a tank.

One advantage is that since the tankless unit does not have a tank, there is no continuous heat (energy) loss from the large volume of stored hot water, as there is with a traditional storage type heater. Typically tankless heaters do not have standing pilot lights like tank type units, saving even more energy. There is no question tankless water heaters are more energy efficient.

Another advantage is that you have virtually unlimited hot water, you will never run out. This could be a double edged sword though, as there is a tendency for humans to use what is available. Some users might end up taking much longer showers for instance, leading to an increase in water and energy usage.

This effect was common back when the government provided large tax credits for installing solar water heaters. Homeowners believing they now had cheap hot water tended to use a lot more hot water than before the solar heaters were installed. They used so much more that the monthly water heating more…

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If your family ever needs more hot water than the sun can provide, or in long periods of inclement weather, most include a more…

Tankless water heaters have been used in Europe and Japan for the past 75 years. One of the reason is because tankless water heaters consume less energy than hot water tanks. So, they really helped to lower energy cost for the past 75 years in both area, where electricity and gas prices are high. In that case, tankless water heaters just make sense.

Unlike ordinary water heaters using a storage tank, the tankless units have no storage tank and thereby have no standby heat loss. Standby loss describes the energy wasted to maintain a specific temperature in the tank. Standby loss accounts for up to 20 percent of a home’s annual water heating costs. Avoiding standby heat loss is primarily how tankless water heaters can come up with their claim of being energy efficient.

Since tankless heaters do not hold water, they are less subject to corrosion and their life span is approximately 20 years. Much longer than its counterpart’s, the tank-type water heaters that lasts about 10 to 15 years .

Other advantages to tankless water heaters are that they do not waste water since water is heated almost immediately. People don’t need to let the water run as more…