| If you want to reduce your household
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| | If you have an old electric water heater
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| energy bills then its worth considering
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| | storage tank insulate it with an
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| your water heater. Water heaters account
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| | insulation blanket, be careful not to
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| for a third of all household energy
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| | cover the thermostat as this can skew
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| consumption.
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| | your temperature control.
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| There are four ways to cut your water
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| | Insulate the first 6-8 feet of the hot
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| heating bills:
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| | and cold water pipes connected to the
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| - Use less hot water,
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| | water heater.
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| - Turn down the thermostat on your water
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| | Most water heaters last for around 10-5
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| heater,
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| | years, it's best to start shopping for a
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| - Insulate your water heater,
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| | new one if yours is more than 7 years
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| - Buy a new, more efficient water heater.
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| | old. Research what's on the market before
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| Lower the thermostat on your water
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| | your current water heater fails as this
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| heater; water heaters often arrive from
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| | will enable you to select a heater that
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| the manufacture with high temperature
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| | meets your needs.
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| settings, a setting of 49°C provides
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| | For long-term savings don't skrimp on
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| nice hot water for most people.
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| | your initial purchase a standard water
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| Reduce the amount of baths that you have
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| | heater may cost less initially, however
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| within any given week, try to take more
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| | look at the big picture and the savings
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| showers. Or if you have children let one
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| | that can be made through buying an energy
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| child take one bath and then another
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| | efficient heater, year on year.
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| child can use the water. This may sound
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| | Consider natural-gas on-demand or
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| not very hygienic but there was a time
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| | tankless water heaters. Research has
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| when water was not running from taps and
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| | found there to be massive savings of up
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| people had to be a lot more economical
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| | to 30% compared with standard natural-gas
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| with water that they would collect from
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| | storage tank water heaters.
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| wells.
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