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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The water heater that came with my house I bought in '98 lasted 20 years.

And by the time you got rid of it it was criminally inefficient.

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[–] BagOfHeavyStones@piefed.social 1 point 10 months ago (2 children)

How can a resistive water heater be inefficient? (other than not being a heat pump?)

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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago

As recently as the 1990s, even the most efficient gas water heaters only had a UEF of around 0.70 (i.e., 70%), meaning that at least 30% of the fuel used (or 30 cents of every dollar spent) was wasted and not producing usable hot water.

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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago

Where did OP say what type of water heater it was?

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