Water Heaters and You

Water Heaters and You – It is almost that time of the year again where most of us go off for rest and recovery. So where does your gas appliances fit into that planning - particularly your Hot Water Heater?

Water Heaters in the Home - Some homes have storage water heaters and some have instantaneous water heaters. A storage heater is one that holds a particular amount of water in its cylinder in which it heats and reheats as its cools, whether it’s used or not. On the other hand an instantaneous water heater will only produce hot water as required.

Appliance setting - For those who have a gas storage water heater installed its good practice to reduce the temperature setting before leaving on holidays. To do so you need to access the gas control by removing the door panel on your water heater. The gas control of the heater has a temperature dial either in front or on top of the gas control depending on the model and should be turned down to either the “vacation setting” or the “lowest number setting”. The reason for this allows the water heater to maintain a luke warm temperature minimising gas use whilst your away. Therefore the water can be reheated quickly when you turn up the temperature dial again upon your return.

Appliance Maintenance – Another thing to consider is to have your water heater serviced by a qualified gas fitter. This in turn will maintain a good working burner operation and allowing the water heater to work more efficient and therefore using less gas in the long run.


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