A tankless water heater has no tank you re welcome.
Replacing electric water heater with tankless.
For help choosing a water heater read our water heater buying guide.
In any case when you re planning a water heater replacement play it safe.
We will review what it took to install.
Call your local department of inspections and ask if you need a permit.
The higher the energy factor the more efficient the water heater.
Atmor 900 series 240 volt 13 kw 2 25 gpm point of use tankless electric water heater.
For an electric model assuming energy costs of 0 132 per kwh the payback time to replace a conventional electric tank with an electric tankless ranges from 12 to 20 years.
We re replacing a natural gas water heater in our demonstration.
Department of energy estimates that in homes using 41 gallons or less of hot water on demand tankless units can conserve between 24 to 34 more energy than tank water heaters.
If you have an electric water heater the nameplate will also list the wattage capacity and voltage of the heating elements.
In addition to their compact space saving design tankless water heaters can reduce your energy consumption by 30 40 percent compared to conventional tank based units and last 20 years or more.
Now that you have decided to replace your tank hot water heater with a tankless hot water heater you will be saving as much as 100 or more annually on your water heating bills.
Today tankless water heater energy factors range between 64 and 91 for gas fired models and up to 99 for electric models.
Installing a tankless water heater is a greater upfront investment but these units can significantly cut the cost of monthly utilities.
Well we did it installed an atmor thermopro 24k tankless water heater and we are going to take you along as we do it.
This information will serve as the starting point in your search for replacement parts or a new water heater.
Tankless water heaters also known as on demand water heaters are quite popular with forward thinking homeowners and for good reason.