home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!spool.mu.edu!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!icarus.lbl.gov!b_nbca
- From: b_nbca@icarus.lbl.gov (Bruce Nordman)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: Re: Domestic Hot Water Heaters - oil vs. electric
- Message-ID: <28145@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 01:09:10 GMT
- References: <dbliss.5@fox.nstn.ns.ca> <dbliss.6@fox.nstn.ns.ca> <BzoMuq.F7z@world.std.com>
- Reply-To: b_nbca@icarus.lbl.gov (Bruce Nordman)
- Organization: lbl
- Lines: 20
- NNTP-Posting-Host: 128.3.12.154
-
- In article <BzoMuq.F7z@world.std.com>, moroney@world.std.com (Michael Moroney)
- writes:
- |> dbliss@fox.nstn.ns.ca (Doug Bliss) writes:
- |>
- |> >I have heard that oil-fired domestic hot water heaters...
- |>
- |> First, my home heating system is essentially a oil-fired hot water heater...
-
-
- Several years ago, someone pointed out to me that these devices are
- actually _cold_ water heaters, not _hot_ water heaters, as if the
- water was already hot, you wouldn't need to heat it, would you?
- Alternatively, they can be just "water heaters".
-
- Now, next time someone tells you about a "hot water heater",
- you too can sound clever (or excessively picky)! :)
-
-
- Bruce Nordman
- B_Nordman@lbl.gov
-