Question:
Are tankless water heaters for just one sink or shower, or
will they provide enough hot water for a whole house or large commercial
applications?
Answer: From one sink or shower to one thousand sinks and
showers, tankless water heaters can and will provide endless hot water
– all you need for as long as you need it.
In fact, tankless water heaters are especially ideal for high-volume
projects – much more so than traditional tanks or boilers. For
flow rates of, say, 12 GPM and up at 60°F rise for any reasonable
length of time (10 minutes or more), you would either: 1) need a very
large tank (approximately 100 gallons or more); or 2) need at least
two normally sized tanks plumbed in parallel. The results?
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Either
tank-type configuration would entail increased energy
costs to produce and store that much hot water 24/7/365. |
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Higher
storage temperatures are dangerous and will produce more
scale buildup over time, reducing efficiency and shortening
tank life. |
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By definition, a storage unit only has a finite amount
of hot water, so it can still run out! |
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Compare all the negatives with the tankless, a Takagi will save you
energy and space from day one. Properly sized to the application,
tankless will never let you run out of hot water.
For example, four T-K3, T-M32, T-M50, or T-H2-DV, T-H2-OSunits will supply enough hot
water for even the largest homes!
Here are just a few examples of high-volume applications that
Takagi can handle:
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Large
homes with four or more baths, or custom showers with
multiple, high-flow showerheads, hand showers, and body
sprays. |
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Apartments
and condominiums |
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Offices
and warehouses |
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Restaurants
and fast-food outlets |
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Health
clubs and gyms |
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Beauty
salons and barbershops |
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Laundromats |
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Car
washes |
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Hotels
and motels |
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Schools
and university buildings |
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Industrial process lines
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