There are many聽systems聽required聽to run your home. During the聽warmer months聽you may need an聽AC system聽or a heat pump. During the聽cold months, most homeowners聽use聽a聽furnace聽or air handler. Then聽you include聽washer and dryers,聽ranges, refrigerators…the list seems聽to go on forever.
But聽one聽thing homeowners聽certainly聽know is they聽need聽hot water. Most聽families聽have a water heater聽or in some聽homes聽a boiler is used to聽heat up聽the water.聽Do you know聽which heating system your home聽uses聽to heat your water?聽天美传媒聽is here to help聽clarify聽the difference between the two聽heating聽systems.
础听water heater聽is a聽big聽tank that,聽you guessed it, heats water. The heat is either聽produced聽by burning gas or by聽using聽electricity. 础听typical聽water heater will heat the water and then聽hold聽it at that temperature until the water is used, either for a聽hot shower, the聽washer loaded with towels, or any other hot water need. As the hot water聽is used, fresh cold water enters聽to聽the bottom of the tank so聽it can also be warmed聽for use聽across聽your home.
础听boiler,聽on the other hand, can heat water that is used to聽warm the聽home and聽give you hot water.聽A different聽type of boiler can heat the water聽until it聽turns into steam. The steam聽heats聽the water for the home but can also be聽circulated聽throughout the home and聽provide聽heat聽through radiators. A boiler聽is also capable of heating聽the air in a forced air heating system, or heat the floor in a radiant heating system. Boilers are very聽flexible聽heating systems that聽provide聽great comfort during the聽winter season.聽Newer boilers聽are also very energy efficient.
Can't decide聽which water heating system is聽best for you? Call聽天美传媒聽in聽the U.S.聽today and we’ll come out and provide you a聽free聽in-home estimate.
