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Conserving Water – How Do You Use Water? – Steam Showers

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010 at 11:24 am  
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When talking about saving energy there are a lot of simple changes you can make in your everyday habits to realize big savings on your power bill. Think about how you use water. Are you taking long baths several times a week or a quick Steam Showers? A long bath is fine once in while, but it uses 4 times as much water as a quick Steam Showers. If you just want to get clean, take a Steam Showers instead.

A hand held Steam Showers head might be awkward to use, but it allows you to direct the water exactly where you need it. If you have a stationary Steam Showers head make sure it is aimed correctly. You don’t want half of the water to go all over the wall instead of on you. A hand held Steam Showers head will also make your Steam Showerss shorter. Since you can aim the water where you need it, you will need less time to get clean.

Most kitchen sinks have one tap that controls both the hot and cold water. Turn it one way to get hot and the other for cold water. Most people will automatically turn it to the middle. Hot water takes time to reach the tap, but the action has been initiated. By turning the tap to the middle, you have pulled hot water from the water heater, water which now has to be replaced and heated.

By turning the tap to the cold side, you save energy. You will probably be heating the water anyway, so why pull it from the water heater? And when you do go to heat the water, in many cases you can use the microwave. Two minutes in the microwave costs less than five minutes on the stove and you will achieve the same results. Of course, not everything cooks the same in the microwave as on the stove, but try to use it as much as possible.


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A Patio heater will warm up your surroundings

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 1:42 pm  
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With advancements in heating technology, man has taken control of all seasons in an effort to create a more comfortable outdoor environment. A patio heater is the best way to maintain control over the outdoors and to maximize comfort.

In the busy times in which we live, our leisure time is infrequent but invaluable. When it is time to relax, we want to do so in an outdoor environment that is as comfortable as possible. A patio heater will surely help achieve maximum comfort.

A patio heater is highly effective when it comes to heating up to a nine foot radius. It is energy efficient and runs on Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG). Thus, there are no toxic emissions or any other harmful fumes from these heaters. These heaters come in a compact size and appealing shapes so that they do not look out of the place in your outdoor area. A patio heater is a stylish addition to any outdoor surrounding.

Patio heaters come in stainless steel, copper finish, bronze finish and hammer tone finishes They have good mobility as they have wheels attached. Patio heaters are mostly used in the front yard, back yard, patio or garden of residential property. However, they can also be used in restaurants and hotels.

The idea of a fire pit comes from the traditional ones which have been used for generations. But these traditional designs were complicated to fuel and use. These fire pits emitted carbon fumes as coal was the common fuel that was used in them.

The modern day fire pit is designed with the time constraints and health of the modern day end user in mind. These are very convenient to use and much simpler to clean. Many have stainless steel fire bowls which are easy to maintain and clean.

The most recent fire pit designs are made with a mesh dome fire screen to protect the user from the fire. A high temperature paint finish is applied to the fire screen to protect the color. These have good mobility and can be maneuvered with ease when not in use.

One of the latest inventions in the field of heating appliances is the infrared heater . These also come in bronze, black and stainless steel finishes. These heaters are highly energy efficient and run on regular household electric current and are economical to use when compared to LPG heaters.

The infrared heater has rising demand in the international market as they are very efficient, produce no emissions whatsoever and are portable.


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Residential Hot Water Pumps – How They Work

Monday, November 30th, 2009 at 1:34 pm  
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There are so many hot water pumps and hot water distribution systems on the market that it can be a daunting task to figure out which one is the best for your application.  Here I will examine each type of hot water pump or system and present the information in a meaningful way so you can determine which system is right for you.

Hot Water Circulating Systems (Traditional)

Historically larger homes have often been equipped with hot water circulating systems to provide instant hot water at the fixtures.  These systems have a small pump designed to pump hot water connected between a return line from the last sink and the inlet of the water heater.  The pumps have very low power because they are designed to run 24 hours a day and they only need a very low flow rate to keep the water in the hot water pipes hot.

The problem with traditional circulating systems is that they waste tremendous amounts of energy. Your hot water plumbing layout is like a big radiator.  Continuously circulating hot water through the pipes causes your water heater to have to replace the lost heat and that increases the energy consumption and your utility bill substantially.

The pumps don’t have the power to produce enough flow to turn on tankless water heaters, so you need a storage water heater to work with these older types of systems.

Manufactures of traditional hot water recirc pumps include Grundfos, Taco, and Bell & Gossett.  Typically the horsepower ranges from 1/40 of a horsepower to 1/8 horsepower for residential plumbing systems.

Warm Water Circulating Systems

There are a number of systems on the market today that circulate warm water through the piping to keep warm water at the fixture.  These systems usually do not have a return line, using the cold water line as the return.

The manufacturers of these systems often call them “Instant Hot Water” systems and claim you will have instant hot water.  Actually it’s instant warm water.  They do pretty much the same thing the traditional system did but with a lower temperature and the cold water lines as the return.

The pumps are nearly identical to the traditional type circ pumps and some systems actually use traditional circ pumps with an electronic controller.

They, like the traditional systems, use a lot more energy than a standard non-pumped plumbing system. The water heater still has to burn more often to replace the lost heat.  By using the cold water line as the return, it too will now have above ambient water temperatures and you will have to purge the cold water pipe of warm water if you want a drink of cold water. That will be water you will be running down the drain, not a very Green system.

The last problem I have with these types of systems are that they still don’t give you “hot” water when you turn on the faucet, the water is warm, not hot.  So if you really do want hot water you still have to run the water down the drain to purge the warm water from the line.

Circulating systems that fall into this group include Grunfos (comfort system), RedyTemp, Watts Premier, Laing Autocirc, and Armstrong Express.

Most of these systems do not have enough power to operate a tankless water heater.

Hot Water Demand Systems

Hot water demand type systems use the cold water line as a return line, and usually locate the pump at the furthest fixture from the heater similar to the previous systems.  However demand systems do not continuously circulate water, they only run when the user demands hot water by pushing a button.  This activates the pump, which then turns off when hot water reaches the fixture.

You don’t have “instant hot water”, but it’s nearly instant when you turn on the faucet, so you don’t run any water down the drain.  The water heater does not run any longer than it would with a standard plumbing layout without a pump, so you don’t use any additional energy.  Because the pump only runs a few seconds, typical energy costs run about $1.00 to $2.00 per year… not very much.

Typically these systems will deliver your hot water to your fixtures in less time than running the faucet full blast, and you feel good every time you use hot water because you know you are being Green and reducing your carbon footprint.

Tankless Water Heaters

Demand systems work great with tankless water heaters since they don’t circulate the water and most demand systems have the power required to turn on tankless units. 

Tankless hot water takes longer to get to your fixtures than if you had a storage water heater since the tankless heater must heat the water fi

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