holy shit

Posted by Sir Four at 12:06pm Sep 3 '11
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I just checked the energy label on the side of the water heater. It says it uses 4,992 kWh per year! That's 416 kWh per month! That is actually more than half of my monthly total!

What the hell, this sucks. I guess it's not using quite that much due to my efforts at conserving hot water, but still. It's an energy pig. Great sadness.

I don't think a heater blanket would even help much, because the unit is not warm to the touch at all. I don't think it's losing much heat through the shell. The pipes going in and out are warm, though, so I'll definitely insulate those.
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