The Picard Maneuver@piefed.world to People Twitter@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 11 days agoYes please!media.piefed.worldimagemessage-square273linkfedilinkarrow-up11.39Karrow-down117
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minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 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-up1·5 days agoHow can a resistive water heater be inefficient? (other than not being a heat pump?)
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 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.
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoWhere did OP say what type of water heater it was?
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?)
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.
Where did OP say what type of water heater it was?