I’ve researched for hours and am a bit confused with how to decipher the language, lacking context/background knowledge.
Thank you!
(I need a new water heater, wanting to go from tank to tankless. Its currently in the house under the stairs of bottom floor (no basement), 2.5 bathrooms in use (3rd no one uses much), 4 people, 3 story townhome, of any of this info is relevant… not asking for opinion just how it all works)
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A water heater with a tank is a big tank of water with a heating element and a thermostat. It fires the heating element to heat the water, and once the water in the take reaches the target temperature, the element turns off. They have a downside that if you take a really long shower, you’ll use all the hot water in the tank and have to wait for the water to heat back up.
A tankless water heater has a much smaller element in it. The way they work is that water comes in and goes through a coiled pipe over an element. The amount of time they spend in the coiled pipe is long enough for the element to heat the water up to the right temperature. So unlike a tank heater, you can’t run out of water.
The only difference between electric tankless and natural gas tankless is the heat source. I have no idea where you live, but where I live, electricity is 4x as expensive as natural gas – so I have as many gas powered appliances as possible.
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