Comments on: How to heat your water more effeciently http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/energy-saving/how-to-heat-your-water-more-effeciently/ natural health, wellness and caring for the environment Tue, 22 May 2012 18:16:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 hourly 1 By: Mrs Green http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/energy-saving/how-to-heat-your-water-more-effeciently/comment-page-1/#comment-3198 Mrs Green Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:38:32 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=2753#comment-3198 @<a href="#comment-3175" rel="nofollow">Small Footprints</a>: An immersion tank is a large tank that holds arond 150 litres of water and has a heating element in it. I guess it's like a giant kettle! You turn it on and it heats the water in about an hour. Ours is upstairs so the water has to travel along all the pipes to get to the bath which is downstairs (wasting heat yet again)...It sounds very much like your hot water tank to be honest; probably just a different name. We also call them fortic tanks. @Small Footprints: An immersion tank is a large tank that holds arond 150 litres of water and has a heating element in it. I guess it’s like a giant kettle! You turn it on and it heats the water in about an hour. Ours is upstairs so the water has to travel along all the pipes to get to the bath which is downstairs (wasting heat yet again)…It sounds very much like your hot water tank to be honest; probably just a different name. We also call them fortic tanks.

]]> By: Small Footprints http://littlegreenblog.com/green-technology/energy-saving/how-to-heat-your-water-more-effeciently/comment-page-1/#comment-3175 Small Footprints Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:01:41 +0000 http://littlegreenblog.com/?p=2753#comment-3175 I have a question ... I'm really not sure what an immersion type water heater is. I'm guessing that it is something which sits in the water and has an element that heats the water but ... is this something you actually put inside the tub? The concept is interesting. Anyway ... we have a hot water tank with an electric water heater. We don't like the idea of the unit constantly working to keep the water hot so we've turned it off at the circuit box. The ONLY time we use hot water is for showers so before a shower, we turn the unit on for about 30 minutes and that's enough for two showers. We try to only take showers when necessary so there are days that the water heater is not turned on at all. We do our dishes and laundry in cold water. Thanks, Mrs. Green! I have a question … I’m really not sure what an immersion type water heater is. I’m guessing that it is something which sits in the water and has an element that heats the water but … is this something you actually put inside the tub? The concept is interesting.

Anyway … we have a hot water tank with an electric water heater. We don’t like the idea of the unit constantly working to keep the water hot so we’ve turned it off at the circuit box. The ONLY time we use hot water is for showers so before a shower, we turn the unit on for about 30 minutes and that’s enough for two showers. We try to only take showers when necessary so there are days that the water heater is not turned on at all. We do our dishes and laundry in cold water.

Thanks, Mrs. Green!

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