The electric water heater has been pulled off the "altar", from blindly following the trend to falling to the bottom today, why is this happening?
Why is the electric water heater not popular? It is inseparable from these four shortcomings!
1. The warm-up time is too long
Electric water heater, one kind of existence is also a headache, that is, its preheating time is too long!
It's not that you can use it all the time, of course, if you leave it open 24 hours a day, you can still enjoy the situation of using it as hot as you go, but this situation is still avoided as much as possible!
Why? Isn't that a good thing?
This brings us to the next shortcoming, so I won't go into detail here!
Back to the problem of warm-up, before each use, be sure to open it 20 minutes in advance, in this case, it is really too time-consuming! Especially forgot to warm up in advance, at that time I was even more anxious!
Second, the safety factor is low
Continuing with the above, what kind of hidden dangers will there be if the water heater is turned on 24 hours a day!
The structure of storage electric hot water is very simple, iron bucket + heating rod and magnesium rod, water heater in the heating process, often react with calcium and magnesium plasma in the water, which is easy to form scale, which will affect the heating speed.
The function of magnesium rod is to reduce the formation of scale, but after all, its own ability is also limited, when it is relatively large, it will not play a role in preventing scale.
Many friends have found that since the installation of the electric water heater at home, basically nothing has been changed, even magnesium rods, it is conceivable that magnesium rods basically do not play a big role in it!
If you leave the water heater on 24 hours a day, the heating rod will be wrapped in limescale, and the damage to the machine will be small, and the damage caused to you while you are taking a shower is really regrettable!
And some old-fashioned electric water heaters, water and electricity are not necessarily separated, in this case, there is a risk of electric shock!
Third, the water storage is limited
Although it has a large water tank, it is okay in winter, and the frequency of bathing is not so high, so the family can basically wash separately! But in the face of the hot summer, after a day of activities, everyone will focus on the period between returning home and sleeping, if the family has a large population, it is really a little too hot to feel!
It's not like a gas water heater, basically it will produce hot water after more than ten seconds of opening, and it will be used while boiling, and there will be no hot water if you use a certain amount!
Fourth, it takes up too much space
Electric hot water has a big water tank, in the past, because of solar energy, people did not feel that there was anything wrong with having a large water tank when using electric water heaters, although it really occupies an area, but it can also be accepted!
But since I know that the gas water heater doesn't need any water tank at all, and it won't take up so much space, this sense of gap is really strong!
Especially now many houses have a small area, not to mention the area of the bathroom, in this case, if you put a big water tank, it will really feel very depressing!
Although it does not occupy the ground area, it still makes people feel very discordant and uncomfortable! To be honest, it affects the aesthetics too much!
What kind of hot water is recommended?
You can consider a gas water heater, basically there is no risk of electric shock, and there is no need to worry about carbon monoxide poisoning, even if the natural gas leaks, it is a kitchen leak, not a bathroom!
However, the probability of this is very low, and it is unlikely to happen, but there is no guarantee that it will not happen 100%! It's important to remember that the kitchen windows should be opened frequently for ventilation will also reduce the risk of gas explosions!
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