Lowes has a big selection on Whirlpool water heaters. Some of them
are called 'Tall' water heaters and some are just plain old water
heaters. However, the only dimensional difference I see between the
'Tall' and 'standard' is in the diameter. What is up with that?
The 'Tall' water heaters also seem to have a slightly higher energy
factor (about 10% higher). I assume that's because they have more
insulation (contributing to the larger diameter).....?

Any anyone shed some light on this for me?

On Oct 8, 3:49?pm, " wrote:
Lowes has a big selection on Whirlpool water heaters. Some of them
are called 'Tall' water heaters and some are just plain old water
heaters. However, the only dimensional difference I see between the
'Tall' and 'standard' is in the diameter. What is up with that?
The 'Tall' water heaters also seem to have a slightly higher energy
factor (about 10% higher). I assume that's because they have more
insulation (contributing to the larger diameter).....?

Any anyone shed some light on this for me?

perhaps the display doesnt accurately reflect the height bin some way?

new heaters are more efficent having better insulation and a slightly
larger diameter

On Oct 8, 3:49 pm, " wrote:
Lowes has a big selection on Whirlpool water heaters. Some of them
are called 'Tall' water heaters and some are just plain old water
heaters. However, the only dimensional difference I see between the
'Tall' and 'standard' is in the diameter. What is up with that?
The 'Tall' water heaters also seem to have a slightly higher energy
factor (about 10% higher). I assume that's because they have more
insulation (contributing to the larger diameter).....?

Any anyone shed some light on this for me?

Are you sure they are the same capacity? A 30 gallon tall could be the
same height as a 40 gallon standard but would be thinner.

(Don't get ****ed... you didn't post model numbers, so we don't know
what you were looking at.)

I should have given more info. here are the two water heaters I was
looking at:

Standard:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...NOV&lpage=none

Tall:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...NOV&lpage=none

Shows they are the same height...weird.

Thanks,
Kevin

" wrote in message
oups.com...
I should have given more info. here are the two water heaters I was
looking at:

Standard:

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...188427-135-BFG
1J5040T3NOV&lpage=none

Tall:

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...219112-135-BFG
2J5040T3NOV&lpage=none

Shows they are the same height...weird.

Thanks,
Kevin


Water heaters used to be commonly referred to as Standard and Short.
Today, most manufacture's refer to them as Tall and Short.
That's why they are the same height.

" wrote in message
ups.com...
Lowes has a big selection on Whirlpool water heaters. Some of them
are called 'Tall' water heaters and some are just plain old water
heaters. However, the only dimensional difference I see between the
'Tall' and 'standard' is in the diameter. What is up with that?
The 'Tall' water heaters also seem to have a slightly higher energy
factor (about 10% higher). I assume that's because they have more
insulation (contributing to the larger diameter).....?

Any anyone shed some light on this for me?


If you look at your links (from your later post)... you'll see that the Tall
version has 2" of insulation and the Standard unit has 1" of insulation.
So the dif 22 - 20 is your insulation. This cuts down on the standby loss,
which increases your efficiency a little bit.

Here's the info from my other post as to the height concern.

Quote:

"Water heaters used to be commonly referred to as Standard and Short.
Today, most manufacture's refer to them as Tall and Short.
That's why they are the same height."

On Oct 8, 7:43 pm, " wrote:
I should have given more info. here are the two water heaters I was
looking at:

Standard:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...ductId=188427-...

Tall:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...ductId=219112-...

Shows they are the same height...weird.

Thanks,
Kevin

Surprising that no one else has posted a "real" reply.

Water heaters are either "short" or "tall". Where I am, the "tall"
ones are the most common. I have never seen a heater over 40 gallons
that is available as a "short", so it is a little puzzling why Lowe's
called the one "tall" in their info, because, to my knowledge, they
don't make a 50 gallon "short".

This is probably why the 1st one you listed doesn't say short or tall.

Hope this clears things up.

JK

"Big_Jake" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Oct 8, 7:43 pm, " wrote:
I should have given more info. here are the two water heaters I was
looking at:


Standard:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...roductId=18842
7-...


Tall:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...ductId=219112-..
..

Shows they are the same height...weird.

Thanks,
Kevin

Surprising that no one else has posted a "real" reply.

Water heaters are either "short" or "tall". Where I am, the "tall"
ones are the most common. I have never seen a heater over 40 gallons
that is available as a "short", so it is a little puzzling why Lowe's
called the one "tall" in their info, because, to my knowledge, they
don't make a 50 gallon "short".

This is probably why the 1st one you listed doesn't say short or tall.

Hope this clears things up.

JK


How many 50 or 75 gallon short water heaters would you like?

On Oct 9, 2:33 am, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
"Big_Jake" wrote in message

ups.com... On Oct 8, 7:43 pm, " wrote:
I should have given more info. here are the two water heaters I was
looking at:

Standard:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...roductId=18842
7-...

Tall:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...ductId=219112-..
.





Shows they are the same height...weird.

Thanks,
Kevin

Surprising that no one else has posted a "real" reply.

Water heaters are either "short" or "tall". Where I am, the "tall"
ones are the most common. I have never seen a heater over 40 gallons
that is available as a "short", so it is a little puzzling why Lowe's
called the one "tall" in their info, because, to my knowledge, they
don't make a 50 gallon "short".

This is probably why the 1st one you listed doesn't say short or tall.

Hope this clears things up.

JK

How many 50 or 75 gallon short water heaters would you like?

Yeah you're right. I should have googled it. Just because all the 50
gallon and up water heaters that I have seen are tall (standard)
doesn't mean that they don't make 'em.

Thanks for not calling me an idiot, although I probably deserved it.

JK

"Big_Jake" wrote in message
oups.com...
On Oct 9, 2:33 am, kjpro @ usenet.com wrote:
"Big_Jake" wrote in message

ups.com... On Oct 8,
7:43 pm, " wrote:
I should have given more info. here are the two water heaters I was
looking at:


Standard:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...roductId=18842
7-...


Tall:http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...ductId=219112-..
.





Shows they are the same height...weird.

Thanks,
Kevin

Surprising that no one else has posted a "real" reply.

Water heaters are either "short" or "tall". Where I am, the "tall"
ones are the most common. I have never seen a heater over 40 gallons
that is available as a "short", so it is a little puzzling why Lowe's
called the one "tall" in their info, because, to my knowledge, they
don't make a 50 gallon "short".

This is probably why the 1st one you listed doesn't say short or tall.

Hope this clears things up.

JK

How many 50 or 75 gallon short water heaters would you like?

Yeah you're right. I should have googled it. Just because all the 50
gallon and up water heaters that I have seen are tall (standard)
doesn't mean that they don't make 'em.

Thanks for not calling me an idiot, although I probably deserved it.


You're welcome. :-)