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Article: Sizing tankless water heaters: in practical terms, the amount of hot water produced by tankless water heaters will vary with incoming water temperatures.
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- Plumbing & Mechanical
- Article date:
- March 1, 2005
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Incoming water temperature is an important, but frequently overlooked, variable in the sizing of a tankless water heater.
Ultimately, customer satisfaction with any type of water heater depends on proper sizing: making certain there is an adequate supply of hot water to meet not just one or two, but all the various needs of a given application--residential or commercial.
For either a storage water heater or a tankless water heater, the size of the water heater should be based on the amount of hot water needed during peak demand--normally during the morning hours.
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For a storage water heater, peak demand is ...