P03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 25 days ago[Technology Connections] My water heater is cooler than yourswww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square34linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down12
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-link[Technology Connections] My water heater is cooler than yourswww.youtube.comP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@beehaw.orgEnglish · 25 days agomessage-square34linkfedilink
minus-squareP03 Locke@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·23 days agoIf you watch the video, you’ll understand that the temperature transfer process to a hot water tank is incredibly slow. So, water tanks are not a very good battery. I mean, unless you want to spend 12 hours trying to dry your clothes.
minus-squareNatanael@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up1·22 days agoBut that’s not a technical limit, it’s a cost saving engineering limit Also you can pull heat out much faster when needed. If there’s heat left when you’re done you can feed it back with a heat exchanger
Most houses have hot water tanks
If you watch the video, you’ll understand that the temperature transfer process to a hot water tank is incredibly slow. So, water tanks are not a very good battery.
I mean, unless you want to spend 12 hours trying to dry your clothes.
But that’s not a technical limit, it’s a cost saving engineering limit
Also you can pull heat out much faster when needed. If there’s heat left when you’re done you can feed it back with a heat exchanger