Question from Ron
I’ve heard these waste a lot of water and are slower than conventional gas heaters in delivering hot water. What are the advantages and disadvantages of conventional vs tankless?
Thank you.
Debra’s Answer
Here are two links you can start with.
There is already a lot of info on tankless water heaters at Q&A: Shower Filter for Tankless Water Heater, but it doesn’t really compare tankless vs conventional.
Green Living Tips: Tank vs Tankless Hot Water Heating does give a comparison and some comments on the downside of tankless.
I have a conventional hot water heater myself and will continue to use it until it needs to be replaced. But the energy savings of tankless makes sense to me, so I hope everyone using a tankless system will write in and tell all of us the pros and cons.
