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Price Comparison between Tankless & Traditional Water Heaters
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Price Comparison between Tankless & Traditional Water Heaters

While money isn’t everything, the idea of cutting down the 20% of your
monthly energy bills is still quite appealing to most families and
homeowners. And these cost savings don’t just add up for these families
and homeowners, but over the course of a year, Americans could save:

• Fuel oil of about 290 millions gallons each year
• Kilowatt electricity of about 6 billion hours
• Propane of approximately 164 millions gallons each year

Needless to say, if everyone switched their tank water heaters to
tankless systems, the installation costs would add up quickly.

What can you save annually?

Much of the savings will vary from one tankless water heater model to
the next, but here are a few estimated savings that you can expect.

• 11-18% savings of electric tankless over electric tank system
• 24-35% savings over natural gas tank system or LP tank system
• 64-69% savings natural gas tankless vs. electric tank system

These percentages take into consideration the fact that fuel charges
and electricity costs may vary from year to year as well.

However, using the typical house bill of $100 per month, this adds up
to an overall savings of anywhere from $11 to $69 each month. Over the
year, that adds up to $132 to $828.

What makes the initial investment worth it?

The fact is that tankless water
heaters have been designed to withstand years of use. They are only
going to work when they need to, which lessens the impact on your
energy costs as well as wear and tear to the system itself. When you
have a tank water heater, you are constantly ‘feeding’ it electricity
and fuel to keep heating the water that you need to use.

This constant work leads the tank system to need replacing every two to
nine years, which makes the lower cost something that you will need to
pay more often.The tank itself is not made from materials that will not
leak, which creates in efficient water heating as well.

The tank water heater also creates the ideal environment for decreasing
efficiency. The water that is stored in the tank has minerals in it,
but these minerals settle as the water sits, while creates a tank that
doesn’t hold as much water, and heats what water can be stored less
efficiently. Each year, you will pay more for a diminishing water
heater.

How much does a tankless system cost?

The installation of a typical tankless system will cost about two to
four times the amount of a tank system. However, the installation is
much simpler and does not take hours to complete in many cases.

As examples, a small under the sink tankless system can cost about
$200, while a faster gas-fueled tankless system can cost about $1200.
Just as with the tank systems, the more water the system produces, the
more expensive it will be.

However, when you consider that the efficiency will remain constant,
the initial investment does not seem as prohibitive as it might at
firs and you can see that you may have paid for the tankless water heater by
the end of the year with your lower energy bills.

Author profile: "The author, Helaku Dyami, is a market analyst with
http://www.dotankless.com.
He is a specialist regarding tankless
water heaters and their comparison with regular storage tank heaters, and writes extensively on the advantages of tankless hot water heaters."

Source: http://easycontentpro.com

Author profile: "The author, Helaku Dyami, is a market analyst with www.dotankless.com. He is a specialist regarding tankless water heaters and their comparison with regular storage tank heaters, and writes extensively on the advantages of tankless hot water heaters."

"Price Comparison between Tankless & Traditional Water Heaters"
written by HelakuDyami

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