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Joseph Meehan
 
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Default Tankless vs Tank Water Heater

Matthew Martin wrote:
Which one is better more efficient and what are the pros and cons.
Matt


Neither is better, it is apples and oranges.

Tankless is less well understood and usually involves more original cost
yet lower operating cost unless they have maintenance problems.

Tankless can deliver hot water all day long while tank types will run
out. However tankless can't provide large volumes of hot water, if you try
to use too much too fast (maybe a shower the washing machine and the dish
washer all at the same time, and you did not size the tankless to handle all
three (especially this time of year when the incoming water supply is likely
to be very cold) you will not be able to maintain the high temperature, but
the tank type would, at least until it emptied the tank.

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