posted by Bob
Many hot water heaters are located in unheated locations around your house (such as crawl spaces and garages) and can benefit from a pre-cut jacket. These jackets can cut back on standby heat loss by 25-45%, resulting in savings of 4-9% overall for water heating costs.
How do you know if you need a jacket for your water heater tank? Touch it! If your tank is warm to the touch, a jacket could be beneficial.
To compliment the jacket, hot water pipe insulators are another great idea. Both the jacket and the pipe insulators are easy to install and a great do-it-yourself project. The pre-cut jackets cost $10-20 and can be picked up at hardware and home improvement stores.
Additional water heating savings can result by adjusting the temperature dial to 120 degrees.
To learn more, visit the US Department of Energy’s Consumer Guide.
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16 hours ago
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Using Cold Water from the Tub/Shower
Here's an idea for using water that normally gets wasted: Keep several buckets in the bathroom. Put one under the tub faucet to catch the cold water before you take a bath or shower. Use this water for plants--especially during droughts.
I have put on a insulating blanket and turned down my heat setting on my oil hot water heater. Also, I had it serviced. Another thing I did was installed a temper tank, which is a dummy hot water tank that allows the water to warm to room temperature. In addition, I hooked up a blower to make use of waste heat coming off my hot water heater to heat the temper tank. Go to How I Cut My Hot Water Costs to see how I did this.
Thanks for sharing this very informative post about Keeping Your Hot Water Heater Insulated: a Jacket!
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