You turn on the shower and wait. And wait. And wait. But when you step into the stream, the frigid water hits you like a glacial melt. What gives? In a large home, hot water may travel through 50 feet or more of piping from the water heater to the shower, the kitchen...
The water heater accounts for 20-25% of the total energy use in an average Orange County home. This percentage may be even higher in an age of spiking energy prices; natural gas is no longer a “cheap” alternative. We may never return to the good old days...
