Propane Tanks

If you are building a new home, tankless hot water heaters are energy efficient and provide more hot water than traditional heaters which require a tank. In a regular heaters, the water sits in a holding tank and is heated whether you are using hot water or not. This is necessary so that when you do need warm water, it's ready for you. In a tankless heater there is no storage tank and water is heated as rapidly as you need it. It only heats water as it is being used around the house. A Powerstar tankless heater saves energy because they only come on when you need them.

A second advantage of a tankless hot water heater is that you never run out of boiling water. Water heaters which use a tank are usually limited to between 40 gallons and 100 gallons of hot water. The larger the tank the more energy it takes to keep the water at such a high temperature. With smaller tanks you can run out of steamy water in the middle of your shower. With tankless hot water heaters, you never run out of this high temperature water. Powerstar tankless heaters are designed to meet your demand as you need it.

If you have ever had the experience of running out of hot water in the middle of your shower, you are aware of one of the drawbacks of tank style heaters. It takes between 20 and 45 minutes for the heater to heat everything in the tank. If you use all the hot liquid in the tank, you have to wait for the system to recover and heat additional water. The larger the tank, the less often you will run out of hot water. Larger tanks take more energy to keep the liquid hot and therefore add to your energy usage and your electric bill. Water heaters that heat their contents continuously, like the powerstar tankless heater, only use power when you use hot water.

Unlike tank style water heaters, a PowerStar ae125 electric tankless water heater heats water as it enters the home. Most heaters in the U.S. use electricity, natural gas or propane to heat water. Heating a large amount of liquid takes a lot of energy and is one of the least efficient uses of energy. Electric heaters tend to be more efficient than gas heaters and they heat water faster. In the case of a tank style heaters, unless it is well insulated, there can be significant loss of energy through simple heat exchange with the air outside the tank.

Since a PowerStar ae125 electric tankless water heater doesn't use a tank, there is a minimal loss of heat through heat exchange. Tankless heaters do require a large power source, but they only use power when the hot water is in use. They are capable of producing over two gallons a minute continuously. There is no waiting for the system to recover and heat another tank of water. In the case of electric storage heaters, this can take twenty minutes or more. The recovery time for gas heaters is slightly longer.

The average temperature of water entering the house is about 50 degrees Fahrenheit. This varies depending on where you live. In Maine the water would be colder, in Florida it would be warmer. Since most water is heated to between 105 and 120 degrees for household use, the temperature of the water must be raised by about 55 degrees. A PowerStar ae125 electric tankless water heater produces more hot water more quickly and efficiently than storage heaters. Since they are electric, they also use the most efficient power source for heating water.

Installing a tankless water heater for the entire house can be expensive. On the other hand, running out of hot H2O in the middle of your shower, because someone is washing dishes, isn't much fun. The answer to your problem could be a Powerstar point of use electric water heater.

A Powerstar point of use heater only heats the water to a specific outlet, like the kitchen sink. A point of use tankless heater supplies instantaneous hot supply to the sink without drawing from your main tank. The supply of hot water is continuous. A point of use water heater can eliminate water waste due to cold water run off. (Water trapped in the pipes that has gotten cold.) Point of use water heaters are energy efficient using only the necessary energy to heat the liquid to the desired temperature while the hot water is actually in use.

A Powerstar point of use heater is less expensive that a whole house tankless water heating system, but it can help you save energy. It is not necessary to have a hot water hook up to the sink with the point of use heater, since the heater will supply all the hot liquid to that sink. No hot water from your tank is used so your system doesn't come on as frequently. Point of use electric water heaters save water and energy.

If your current system doesn't meet the needs of your household, consider installing a Powerstar point of use heater on one or more of your outlets. Generally, the kitchen sink is the best place to install a point of use heater, since it is the second largest consumer of warm water in the home. You may never run out of hot water again with a point of use water heater.