What's the fuel source of the apartments ambient heat ?

If its gas fired apartment heat that would seem to me to be both cheaper per
BTU and more efficient than electric heat.

It seems to me silly to use electric heat from the waterheater to add a few
tenths of a degrre to the apartment ambient temperature. Those few tenths
of a degree of "waste" or "free" heat from the water heater are the most
expensive heat you'll get.

If the apartment heat is anything other than / cheaper than electric, I
think it pays to insulate the water heaters and turn down the ater heater
temperatures to no more than 120 F
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Jim McLaughlin

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I have an apartment building with five thirty gallon electric water
heaters located in closets in the bathrooms.

Some people tell me that every water heater needs a blanket; no
exceptions. Others tell me that water heaters manufactured in the last
five years are so well insulated to begin with that if they are
installed in heated space, a blanket is a waste of time and money and
will produce negligible energy savings.

What do you think?

John