A tankless water heater is a water heater where you don't need a separate storage tank to store the water. In this type of water heater, the unit itself is used to fill the water and then you can heat it.
Many people are opting for tankless water heaters these days as they are easy to use and there are many benefits with this type of water heaters. They are being famous for their efficiency and the fastness in heating water. Depending on the type of water heater, you can use electricity or gas fire as the power supply. But both are efficient in their own way.
Benefits of tankless water heater:
- Since you don't need to have a separate tank for filling the water, you can save some space. If your rooms are small, then it is a great option to get a tankless water heater as it saves the space. Even if your house is big, there is no harm in saving some space.
- It is very easy to use. You just need to fix it to a direct supply of water and the cold water gets filled in the unit. It then gets heated and when you turn the tap on, you get hot water. As the unit gets emptied, it automatically gets filled up and again the same process repeats. With this water heater, you can get a continuous supply of hot water. Depending on the type of water heater, you can use a single unit for many rooms.
- You can use a single water heater for as much as the whole house. Depending on the type of your use and the number of hours you use it, there are many water heaters available in varying flow rates to suit your usage. The flow rates vary from 0.5 to 3.0 and as the flow rate increases, you can use it for more space. A 3.0 flow rate water heater can be used to supply water for the whole house.
- If you have to use the water heater for a single room or bath room, you can use a 0.5 flow rated water heater and as the number of rooms in which you want the hot water supply increases, you can go for the water heaters with increased flow rate.
- Because of the single unit and the no need for a storage vessel, you can decrease the stand by heat losses drastically. Since you use the same unit for different rooms, more than one person can have a hot bath at the same time in different rooms.
- The most important benefit is it's ease of use. Since everything is fixed beforehand, you just need to turn on the power to get hot water and when you think that there is no more need for hot water, you just need to turn off the power. There are virtually no risks in using this, even for a first time user.
