Meaning of hot water heater | Babel Free

Definitions

An apparatus, usually fuel-burning, electric or solar-powered, in which water is heated to be used directly as domestic hot water or process hot water (but not for supplying space heating, calorifiers etc, for which a boiler or furnace is used).

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Examples

“This [warm-air heated] house has a supplemental electric hot water heater and an oil furnace.”

“This system has an insulated 5-gallon electric hot water heater directly under the sink.”

“It's a good idea to insulate at least the first ten feet of the hot- and cold-water lines coming out of the hot water heater.”

“A hot water heater is a potable water boiler in which the operating pressure does not exceed 160 psi and/or temperature does not exceed 210 °F.”

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