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Written by: Comment Editor
2019-12-04 17:45
Last updated: 2019-12-04 17:46The weather turned cold, and the shower time of the water storage water heater users accelerated sharply. Every winter, many netizens will be heating the stove, complaining that the water storage type hot water heater has a limited amount of water, and only a few minutes after bathing, a plate of cold water is poured to the head. The water storage electric water heater must be preheated before use, and it cannot provide hot water immediately. The water storage capacity also changes with the style, which challenges the citizens' cold resistance once a year.
In the past, the Consumer Council and the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department have measured 12 models of storage electric water heaters, and each electric water heater has been supplying hot water for no more than 10 minutes. Once the hot water is used up, the user must wait for the hot water to arrive in the cold winter and freeze it into Wangfu stone at any time. The model with the worst performance measured at that time required 23 minutes of preheating in exchange for 3.9 minutes of hot water, which inevitably led the citizens to laugh, and the effect of boiling water by themselves may be better.
Once the hot water is used up, users must wait for the hot water to arrive in the cold winter, and the citizens will freeze into Wangfu stone at any time. (Profile picture / VCG)
Is "water storage" necessary?
Even though electric water heaters often lack hot water and freeze at any time, they cannot be completely replaced by instant hot water heaters or gas thermostatic water heaters (gas). Although both of them can be turned on and hot immediately, citizens can enjoy the hot water bath and laugh at the users of storage water heaters while surfing the Internet in winter. However, instantaneous hot water heaters require a large power output and have high requirements for water pressure and water volume. The installation of gas-fired hot water heaters involves gas pipelines, which are limited by the building structure and require more installation than ordinary electric water heaters. complex.
The illusion of a shower that "opens and heats up" makes it difficult to overcome the existing limitations of architecture. Regardless of the style of the hot water boiler, qualified professionals must follow the code to install it. If citizens want to "hop" from the water storage army, they should first seek professional advice. Taking gas-fired hot water boilers as an example, according to the "Regulations for Residential Gas Water Heater Installations" of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, installation of hot water boilers must be strictly observed: installation location, ventilation, gas supply, power supply, water supply, drainage, pressure relief, etc. Regulations. In view of the fact that some old buildings have not reserved wall holes for installing sealed gas water heaters, and it may also be difficult to drill wall holes in existing houses, gas water heaters may not be suitable for every unit.
However, for units suitable for replacing instant or gas-fired water heaters, the Hong Kong Government should reach out to the public, and even consider subsidizing the public to replace the water heaters, so that citizens do not need to continue struggling between "speed of life and death" Save. Bathing may seem like a trivial matter, which is in fact about personal health and affects quality of life. The Government has set a precedent for such assistance, and funding is also welcomed by the public. For example, in June this year, the Hong Kong Government invited the Community Care Fund to allocate more than 450 million yuan to subsidize 160,000 grassroots families to replace digital televisions so that the public can continue to receive digital signals and enjoy television programs. The same is true for hot water baths. The government cannot ignore being small and ignore the miserable situation of users of water storage hot water heaters.
Free citizens from continuing to struggle between "speed of life and death". (Profile picture)
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Although it is difficult to completely replace the water storage hot water heater, the government has to do nothing to cope with the uneven performance of the water storage electric water heater. The Electrical and Mechanical Services Department and the Consumer Council should endeavor to provide consumers with sufficient information so that the public can have a more comprehensive understanding of the products when they purchase water storage hot water heaters. The Consumer Council can conduct a more extensive investigation of water storage hot water heaters and use tabular forms to compare the performance of water storage hot water heaters on the market again for the public's reference and give them suggestions on how to choose.
Even in the product description, the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department can require manufacturers to list the product's heating rate, hot water temperature, and sustainable hot water supply time on the label of the storage electric water heater, so that the public can Learn more. The system can also refer to the energy efficiency label to rate the effectiveness of different products of the same type, clearly compare the quality and price of products, and protect consumer rights. Even if the storage-type hot water heater is limited in nature, it cannot allow the low-quality hot-water heater to pass through. For families who cannot use other types of hot-water heaters, the government should give them the greatest assistance to allow citizens to use the storage-type hot water heater. In, choose the best storage water heater.
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