You turn on the shower and wait. And wait. And wait. And when you step into the stream, 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. We may never return to the good old days of (relatively) inexpensive energy, so the best way to lower...
