hot water Archives - Energy Vanguard https://www.energyvanguard.com/tag/hot-water/ Building science knowledge, HVAC design, & fun Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:56:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 An Improved System for Even Faster Hot Water https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/an-improved-system-for-even-faster-hot-water/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/an-improved-system-for-even-faster-hot-water/#view_comments Thu, 10 Oct 2024 22:04:56 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=9235 I missed an opportunity.  You may recall the retrofit I did in 2022 to get faster hot water at three of my fixtures.  It made a huge improvement, but it could have been even better.  But before I go there,…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/an-improved-system-for-even-faster-hot-water/feed/ 22 The Plug-in Heat Pump Water Heater Is Here! https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-plug-in-heat-pump-water-heater-is-here/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-plug-in-heat-pump-water-heater-is-here/#view_comments Wed, 25 Oct 2023 15:11:56 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8645 The 120-volt plug-in heat pump water heater is here!  The effort to bring these things to market began in 2018, and now they’re available to buy.  This technology has some significant advantages over the standard 240-volt heat pump water heater. …

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-plug-in-heat-pump-water-heater-is-here/feed/ 38 Can a Water Heater Last More Than 15 Years? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/can-a-water-heater-last-more-than-15-years/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/can-a-water-heater-last-more-than-15-years/#view_comments Tue, 13 Jun 2023 14:23:04 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=8333 We’ve been trained to believe something that’s just not true.  Go out and ask a hundred people how long a water heater can last, and the majority probably will say it’s in the range of 10 to 15 years.  Where…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/can-a-water-heater-last-more-than-15-years/feed/ 41 Can a Heat Pump Water Heater Replace an Air Conditioner? https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/can-a-heat-pump-water-heater-replace-an-air-conditioner/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/can-a-heat-pump-water-heater-replace-an-air-conditioner/#view_comments Tue, 16 May 2023 16:28:17 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=6518 The most common type of heat pump water heater takes heat from the air and puts it into water.  Of course, that’s what all heat pumps do, right?  Take heat from one place and put it in another.  By removing…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/can-a-heat-pump-water-heater-replace-an-air-conditioner/feed/ 65 The Top 10 Articles in the Energy Vanguard Blog in 2022 https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-top-10-articles-in-the-energy-vanguard-blog-in-2022/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-top-10-articles-in-the-energy-vanguard-blog-in-2022/#view_comments Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:16:50 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7968 It’s been a good year in the Energy Vanguard Blog.  Counting this one, I’ve published 46 articles during the year.  Of the previous 45 articles, I think the following might be ten most important ones.  This is just my own…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/the-top-10-articles-in-the-energy-vanguard-blog-in-2022/feed/ 2 Faster Hot Water Can Change Your Life https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/faster-hot-water-can-change-your-life/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/faster-hot-water-can-change-your-life/#view_comments Tue, 27 Sep 2022 12:06:47 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7776 We’ve normalized the abnormal in our homes in so many ways that most people have no idea what kind of performance they should expect.  If you’ve never lived in a house with a good building enclosure and HVAC systems, for…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/faster-hot-water-can-change-your-life/feed/ 26 How I Got Faster Hot Water https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-got-faster-hot-water-at-the-tap/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-got-faster-hot-water-at-the-tap/#view_comments Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:37:05 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7636 In my last post, I told you about the plumbing work I did to begin the retrofit of my hot water distribution system.  I’m bypassing the original too-long, too-big copper pipes with shorter, smaller runs of PEX tubing.  My goal…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/how-i-got-faster-hot-water-at-the-tap/feed/ 15 A Weekend Plumbing Adventure https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-plumbing-adventure/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-plumbing-adventure/#view_comments Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:29:25 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7619 Did you know that some plumbers stuff a wad of white bread (sans crust) into a pipe before they solder it?  That’s one of the things I learned during my weekend plumbing adventure.  More about that later, though.  The purpose…

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]]> https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/a-weekend-plumbing-adventure/feed/ 29 Efficient Hot Water Delivery With a Simple Tool https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/efficient-hot-water-delivery-with-a-simple-tool/ https://www.energyvanguard.com/blog/efficient-hot-water-delivery-with-a-simple-tool/#view_comments Thu, 26 May 2022 17:19:13 +0000 https://www.energyvanguard.com/?p=7454 Gary Klein, a guru of efficient hot water delivery, has been pushing for change in hot water distribution systems for a long time. In recent years, he and his colleagues have developed a great tool for quantifying the efficiency of…

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