Glossary - Gas Water Heater

Gas Water Heaters

A water storage vessel (also known as a tank) that utilizes a gas burner to directly heat domestic water. Typical domestic uses of hot water are cooking, cleaning, bathing, and space heating.

Another type of water heater in a indirect water heater. Designed to operate only with boilers, these water heaters use the hot water generated by a boiler to heat domestic hot water. Indirect water heaters typically provide at least 50% more hot water at lower operating costs than direct fired water heaters.

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