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ANSWER TO QUESTION #5
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Our tankless water heater can significantly reduce mineral
deposits but you need to understand how and why. Since water acts like an
insulator and doesn’t accept heat rapidly;
- mineral deposits are caused by a heating element getting so hot that
the heat can’t be transferred to the water fast enough and so boiling
occurs around the heating elements sheath. That’s the same reason that you
get deposits at the bottom of a pan you use to boil water. This condition
is common in tank heaters when the element turns on full power and no
water is flowing.
- The tankless water heater is unique in its patented technology, which
causes each its elements at all times to share equally the heating load.
This means that if you have four heating elements and need to use 25% of
your heaters heating capacity, the tankless water heater turns on each of
the four elements at 25% of their heating capacity. (Like lights on a
dimmer)
- All other tankless heaters will turn at least One of the four elements
on FULL POWER every time the heater is used. Obviously the tankless water
heater elements are each individually operating cooler thus less chance
for boiling.
- Additional boiling can occur when the heater is turned off. When you
turn your water off and the heater shuts off, the heating elements are
still much hotter than the water (latent heat) and will add that heat to
the water. In the case of the other tankless water heaters the element
that was on FULL will be extremely HOT when the heater is turned off and
literally boil additional minerals out of the water virtually every time
the heater is turned on and off.
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