The water heater is open 24 hours a day, not only to charge dozens more per month for electricity, but also to have safety concerns。
Many people when they buy water heaters ask salesmen, "is the water heaters supposed to be on 24 hours?"
Most salesmen tell customers that 24-hour operating is not problematic, does not consume electricity and is user-friendly。
What i'm trying to say is that people who write codes don't fix computers, people who learn electronics don't change light bulbs。
In 2018, i and my wife decided to borrow money to buy a second-hand house closer to school, to look at a lot of homes, at a similar price, almost 10,000 at a flat price, and, in order not to carry too much debt, to pick a place where the sex price is higher, to see a dozen families that have finally found a second-hand room of 11,000, even though it is more expensive than before. But when you think about it, it's a lot cheaper。
Apart from the need for renovations, the owners of all electrical appliances in the house are willing to stay. Television, air conditioning, water heaters are much cheaper, and do not need to spend time on renovations or spend time on the market。
After a month in the new room, i found that the electricity bill was almost $50 more than before。
The fact that our habits have not changed and that electricity costs more than before makes me and my wife very curious, and we have thought for a long time that the problem may have been on the light, and that, for once and for all, we have changed all the light bulbs in the room, but the cost of electricity is no different than it was before, which means it is not the light bulb。
Attempts were then made to remove television, air-conditioning plugs and to reduce electricity costs slightly, but not significantly。
First, to save money, then simply to find out why the electricity was used, so strangely, i couldn't find it, that the conversation between me and my wife had become the reason for the electricity, and almost every day we looked at how much it cost。
For a very long time, we gave up, and almost all the places where we used electricity, we did it all the time, and the cost of electricity never fell。
By the time the child was on cold leave, my parents moved in with us to take care of the child。
More than a month later, my wife suddenly came to me and said, "what do you think is the monthly electricity bill?"
Since moving to my new home, i've had headaches when i heard the word “electricity” and it's hard to forget it, and my wife reminds me of those painful memories again。
There were two more people in the family, estimated to be 70 per cent of the electricity bill, and we had about 180 bucks a month, and i didn't guess for a couple of times. When i guessed 300 times, my wife was wrong. At that point, my head started sweating, 300 times a month didn't pay enough. If it wasn't more than 500, i wouldn't have any interest to guess, so my wife would have known the answer, and i thought, "die." when my wife told me about the $140 electricity bill, i couldn't believe it. Why is it cheaper to have two more people? Is it my parents that have a man who can generate electricity
And this time, i went with the electricity bill, and i started trying to solve the mystery about the electricity bill. I began to observe every move of my parents on the weekend, and it was certain that neither of them would produce electricity, but i didn't find anything different about them。
Once again, i was on the brink of depression, and it was not clear to me that i always felt that i was in a state of panic and that i had no way。
On the weekends, my wife and i went back to the old house, where the house could not remain unsuspecting for long periods of time, and the second to give the second-year-old a break。
When i got home, my wife suddenly came to me and said, "isn't it a water heater?"
And i smiled at my wife and said, "the water heater doesn't cost much, it's impossible."
I thought it wasn't completely impossible to live with my parents for some time, they used to turn off water heaters when they didn't use water heaters, and my wife and i had trouble advising them not to turn off water heaters, the morning was tight, there was no time to wait for water heaters to burn. My mother didn't think it was enough. I told her that there was no electricity. After the debate, my mother promised not to turn off water heaters。
When i came home after the weekend, i went in and asked my mom if you turned off the water heater at home。
She looked at me and said, "how do you know?"
The puzzle was finally solved, and when i went out to work with my wife, parents used to turn off the water heater, turn it on before we get off work, and when we went to bed at night, she would turn off the water heater and open it early before we get up in the morning。
Now that's the reason. I didn't think the water heater was on 24 hours, and it'd be a waste of electricity for a month。
Since then, our home has become a habit of turning off water heaters。
The cost of electricity saved in one year was approximately $700, equivalent to the income from half-yearly savings of $50,000。
Do the water heaters often turn off, while saving electricity, affect their useful life
I've done this on the internet, and i've come to conclusions about the water heater。
The general electric water heaters for domestic use consist mainly of thermostats, thermostats and heating tubes。
When the heat valve is opened, the water enters the water heater, the sensor tests the temperature of the water, and when the temperature does not reach the established temperature, the heating tube opens。
When the temperature is set, the heating tube will stop working with the thermostat. Thus, after long periods of hot water use, water temperature tends to decline slightly, and if bathing takes longer in the winter, it can be felt slightly cooler than it does in the fresh。
When the water temperature drops to a certain temperature, the heating tube will start heating again, once the temperature is set again, and the temperature will start to stay warm。
The frequent switch water heater reduces the useful life of the water heater slightly, and after trade-offs, i choose to turn off the water heater when it is not needed。
There are three reasons for this:
Save your money
It is less expensive to turn off water heaters even if they reduce their useful life, so long as they do not keep switching them on a continuous basis too often, the loss of water heaters is negligible, and even if they do, the saving of electricity for several years will be enough to buy a new water heater。
Indeed, most people do not know that water heaters tend to remain open for long periods of time, making it easier to reduce the life of water heaters, for reasons stated later in the article。
Clear
After all, water heaters are electrical appliances, no matter how well protected they are, they are always a hazard, and safety is not a problem, if it is 100 per cent avoided。
Turning off water heaters when necessary also avoids the risk of sudden drops in water pressure and power outages。
Extension of useful life
Many people have discovered that the new water heater, even when it's running less and less expensive, is going to be more and more expensive for a long time。
The water heater will remain open for a long period of time, the water temperature below the set temperature will heat up and start to warm up when it reaches the temperature, so that the invisibility increases the depletion of the water heater, and the long-term repeated heating will produce more water clay, which will have some effect on the heating tube, which will increase the heating time and the associated electricity consumption。
Of course, it's good to keep the power on, especially in winter。
Hot water is available at all times and is much easier to open than not。
Therefore, whether the water heater is open regularly or is open only when it should be determined according to the circumstances of the individual。
Families with children can open in winter or close at night during the day, and when they wake up in the morning, the water heater will be warm enough to wash their faces and hands。
Other seasons, not too dependent on hot water, can be used to open it, after dinner to open the water heater, and in the summer it will take only half an hour to bathe in the second half of the summer, and in the spring and autumn season it will be about 40 degrees, more than an hour。
After testing, keeping water heaters open 24 hours a day in the summer would not be too power-consuming, because internal and external temperature differentials were not so great that electricity consumption was more pronounced in winter and the lower the temperature, the more frequent the water heaters were burning。
Summary
In summary, water heaters consume electricity for several reasons:
Seasonal causes. The resulting electricity consumption is mainly due to low outdoor temperatures, lower cold water temperatures into water heaters and longer burning times
The water heater itself. Water heaters of different brands use different processes and materials, resulting in different electricity consumption. Water heaters are used for long periods of time, age in all areas, and temperature protection is reduced, resulting in more water heaters than just bought。
