Hot water heater question
Has anyone figured out what is cheaper, leaving your hot water heater on electric on all the time or turning it on and off as needed. The world wonders.
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For the real tight penny pinchers, with a lot of time on their hands, you can do your own study.
1. Leave the water heater on all day. Using gas or electric or both. Doesn't matter to me. Sit around all day and keep a record of how many minutes and seconds, total, that the water heater is active.
2. Turn it off after every use, and go about your normal routine, but don't wander away, because you have to count how many minutes and seconds, total, that the water heater is active. If you are the only one using water, it will be easier and you can wander away all you want.
It is simply a matter of totaling up the time and comparing.
1. Leave the water heater on all day. Using gas or electric or both. Doesn't matter to me. Sit around all day and keep a record of how many minutes and seconds, total, that the water heater is active.
2. Turn it off after every use, and go about your normal routine, but don't wander away, because you have to count how many minutes and seconds, total, that the water heater is active. If you are the only one using water, it will be easier and you can wander away all you want.
It is simply a matter of totaling up the time and comparing.
