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Some younger members of your family may like
to take long showers. When it's your turn, get
ready for the "Big Chill."
With a Paloma Tankless you'll never be out of
hot water again. A Paloma is able to produce
hot water at the same rate and same
temperature continuously. Learn more.
With any water heater, the trick is to make certain
that you don't run out of hot water in actual usage.
Once you run out with a storage-tank water heater,
you have to wait a long time for it to heat up again.
But a Paloma Tankless can easily keep up with the
demands of your luxurious bath environment.
For instance, a whirlpool bath in a master bath will
usually hold 60 to 80 gallons. This whirlpool bath will
get filled with a conventional 100-gallon tank but
there won't be enough hot water for anything else. If
your plans also include one of those multi-head
showers pouring out water at 10 to 15 gallons per
minute, quick arithmetic will tell you a 50-gallon
conventional tank will last only 5 minutes. With a
Paloma Tankless, if you size it to work at the moment
of peak demand, you will never run out of hot water.
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Everyone is Safe
Imagine having the ability to freely set the hot-water
temperature using a remote control display pad. Forget
about fiddling around with the control knobs in the
shower while your conventional hot-water tank tries to
keep up. You see, while tank water heaters will heat up
to a single preset temperature, usually 120 degrees F,
most Paloma Tankless models allow you to set the
temperature between 100 and 140 degrees F instantly,
and our commercial products, up to 180 degress.*
Learn more.
And a Paloma Tankless is a smarter way to use energy
resources, because gas is used to heat water only when
you need it. The conventional tank-type water heater
keeps burning fuel when you're not using it. So the next
time your shower turns into the "Big Chill," you should
wonder what benefit you got by burning gas during the
day while you were gone.
* Mechanical versions in our Legacy Tankless Line do
not feature remote digital temperature control.
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Throw away your water heater tank and shave ten to twenty percent off your water heating bill. That savings
results from elimination of standby losses -- energy lost from warmed water sitting in a tank. And, since water
heating accounts for about 14 percent of the average U.S. household energy budget, this can be a significant
loss.
Tankless water heaters provide hot water at a preset temperature when needed without storage, thereby
reducing or eliminating standby losses. Tankless water heaters can be used for supplementary heat, such as a
booster to a solar hot water system, or to meet all hot water needs.
Tankless water heaters have an electric, gas, or propane heating device that is activated by the flow of water.
Once activated, the heater provides a constant supply of hot water. The maximum flow rate at a desired
temperature will be determined by the capacity of the heater. Gas tankless water heaters typically have larger
capacities than electric tankless water heaters.
Large units intended for whole house water heating are located centrally in the house while, in point-of-use
applications, the water heater usually sits in a closet or under a sink.
Tankless water heaters are rated by the maximum flow rate at which a desired temperature rise is met. Special
features may allow the user to set the delivery temperature. Efficiency is higher than an equivalent tank type
water heater because standby losses are virtually eliminated. Electric tankless water heaters require a relatively
high electric power draw because water must be heated quickly to the desired temperature. Residential gas
models are available that can heat more than five gallons per minute by 60°F, generally more than enough for
two showers to be run simultaneously. Whole house electric units typically have a capacity closer to three gallons
per minute.
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