They have condensing forced air units. J&S do not, only an after market conversion unit for a conventional flue.
They have condensing forced air units. J&S do not, only an after market conversion unit for a conventional flue.
Gas is freely available in the USA
Which is more economical at times as if heater by cheap gas you save. Here we have some appliances that only accept cold water, ten heat it by expensive electricity.
So Canadians use kettles like us, and the Yanks do not and boil water on the hob? Well as their hot water is from the mains they can use that and the heating time in a small pan would,be quite fast to boiling. Most Americans use coffeepots anyhow.
If you mean modern washing machines, by the time your favourite combis were producing hot enough water, they'd be full.
Of course, with a decent storage system, you have to option to circulate the hot water therefore minimizing the waiting time...
Water tank
no just .. well... yuk. Hard to describe.
Thanks for that Dave
Are you related to Stanley Unwin at all, or Yoda perhaps?
What you neglect to mention is that European style washing machines use a great deal less water than the large American top loaders and detergents which for most fabrics only require a temperature in the wash part of the program of 40-50 degrees.
Dishwashers also use a fraction of the water and detergents which operate on a completely different principle.
.andy
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Is the tank covered properly? Modern types come with a lid.
However, as in the kitchen, drinking water should be off the mains direct, and teeth cleaning water comes into this category.
It might be pretty easy to swap the basin cold feed from the tank to a fresh one in a bathroom, since the cold feed to the tank is often routed through there.
In article , Andy Hall writes
I have. My parent's bungalow in Florida has hot water supplied by a massive cylinder in the garage. At a guess, it's ~6ft tall and ~3ft dia, powered by a single 220v immersion element; not sure of the wattage. Needless to say, the cylinder is unlagged and when starting from cold, takes hours to produce any hot water. They now leave it switched on all the time. The wiring to the element was also, um, "interesting".
In article , Dave Plowman (News) writes
Mum and dad have one; it has a very small water capacity compared to UK kettles, so does manage to boil in a reasonable time. Rather scary thing though - no earth conection, single-insulated cable, no auto- cutoff, very cheap and plasticky, etc.
In article , Mike Tomlinson writes
Unlagged..no wonder global warming is becoming a problem....
Doesn't really make sense, since electricity isn't particularly cheap in the US. Lagging the tank would pay back the cost very quickly.
In article , Dave Plowman (News) writes
You're welcome to try and convince my parents :) Don't forget it's hot and humid in Florida, and the garage where the cylinder is doesn't have air-con.
;-)
in which case "These are not the newsgroups you are looking for..." Wave hand to accompany jedi mind trick
But they wear energy wastage with a badge of pride. If you attempt to save energy, you're a pinko commie liberal (and probably Muslim, too, nowadays). All of which should result in you being tortured and detained without trial.
Christian.
In article , Christian McArdle writes
And, of course, its not just them having just returned from a mini trip around the world its amazing to see the lack of worry about energy consumption including still running around in gas guzzling giants, whilst we're caning ourselves about saving energy nobody else in the world gives a toss
True, but much of the time it's just money down the drain. I'd rather drive a smaller car and have access to a better health service overall.
cheers, Pete.
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