The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 20 days agoYes please!media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square298fedilinkarrow-up11.49Karrow-down118
arrow-up11.47Karrow-down1imageYes please!media.piefed.worldThe Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square298fedilink
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·19 days ago The water heater that came with my house I bought in '98 lasted 20 years. And by the time you got rid of it it was criminally inefficient.
minus-squareLumpyPancakes@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoHow can a resistive water heater be inefficient? (other than not being a heat pump?)
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoWhere did OP say what type of water heater it was?
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoAs recently as the 1990s, even the most efficient gas water heaters only had a UEF of around 0.70 (i.e., 70%), meaning that at least 30% of the fuel used (or 30 cents of every dollar spent) was wasted and not producing usable hot water.
And by the time you got rid of it it was criminally inefficient.
How can a resistive water heater be inefficient? (other than not being a heat pump?)
Where did OP say what type of water heater it was?
As recently as the 1990s, even the most efficient gas water heaters only had a UEF of around 0.70 (i.e., 70%), meaning that at least 30% of the fuel used (or 30 cents of every dollar spent) was wasted and not producing usable hot water.