hot water heater

English

Alternative forms

hot-water heater

Noun

hot water heater (plural hot water heaters)

An apparatus, usually fuel-burning, electric or solar-powered, in which water is heated to be used directly as domestic hot water or process hot water (but not for supplying space heating, calorifiers etc, for which a boiler or furnace is used).
- 1977, Kaiman Lee, Encyclopedia of Energy-Efficient Building Design: 391 Practical Case Studies:
  This [warm-air heated] house has a supplemental electric hot water heater and an oil furnace.
- 2003, Blair Allen, Julie Jones Lloyd Kahn, Septic System Owner's Manual:
  This system has an insulated 5-gallon electric hot water heater directly under the sink.
- 2004, Black & Decker, The Complete Photo Guide To Home Repair:
  It's a good idea to insulate at least the first ten feet of the hot- and cold-water lines coming out of the hot water heater.
- 2004, Mohammad A Malek, Power Boiler Design, Inspection, and Repair:
  A hot water heater is a potable water boiler in which the operating pressure does not exceed 160 psi and/or temperature does not exceed 210 °F.

Translations

apparatus in which water is heated for domestic hot water

Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱水器 (zh), 热水器 (zh) (rèshuǐqì)
Finnish: käyttövedenlämmitin
French: chauffe-eau (fr) m

German: Warmwasserspeicher m, Boiler (de) m
Polish: podgrzewacz wody m, piecyk gazowy m, piecyk elektryczny m, boiler (pl) m, terma (pl) f
Russian: водонагрева́тель (ru) m (vodonagrevátelʹ), водоподогрева́тель (ru) m (vodopodogrevátelʹ)

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