Un-insulated water heater tank by woodstove!
"Pat" wrote in message
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Two things. Yes, the heat "lost" by the tank is gained by the room.
So you are saving something but not as much as you imaging.
Second, most of your heat isn't from heating cool water, it's from
holding it at temp when no one is using it. You still haven't
addessed that issue.
I doubt that second issue. Depending on the insulation, of course, a hot
water tank will hold heat for hours/days. While I don't doubt that standby
losses are an issue, I don't think that under conditions of normal family
use standby losses are greater than the energy it takes to heat the water in
the first place.
Do you have any figures, citations, sites to back up that statement?
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