Question 1. Do electric water heaters have requirements for the installation environment?

Compared to gas water heaters and solar water heaters, electric water heaters have the lowest environmental requirements. Or rather, there are no requirements for the indoor environment - just don't install it outdoors.

The only requirement is the circuit environment: the circuit wire must be 4 square millimeters of copper wire, must have a ground, must be equipped with a leakage switch. Three requirements, one is missing.

Question 2. I heard that only load-bearing walls can hang water heaters?

Theoretically speaking, it is true, but now most bathrooms are not load-bearing walls, and electric water heaters are often installed in the bathroom. The non-load-bearing walls are not strong, and the water heater is easy to fall down when hung directly.

You can buy a set of brackets from the installer when installing the electric water heater. Hanging by brackets, whether it is a load-bearing wall or not, will not be dangerous.

Question 3. Is it necessary to clean the electric water heater?

It is necessary, or rather, it is not necessary to force how often it is cleaned, and in time you will find the aftermarket yourself. Electric water heaters produce limescale during the heating process, and the limescale will clog the outlet - when it's time to clean, the hot water flow will become small.

In addition, limescale breeds bacteria inside. So whether you have cleaned the electric water heater or not, it is not recommended to drink the water from the electric water heater. Some people cook quickly and directly connect hot water, this is wrong, the hot water is very dirty.

Question 4. How to reduce limescale?

The most direct way is to install a central water softener in your home. After the water softener purification of water inside the calcium, magnesium ions, naturally will not produce limescale.

Without a water softener, you can properly adjust down the water heater problem. The higher the water temperature, the faster the scale will be produced. Especially when the water temperature is above 50℃, the rate of limescale generation will increase exponentially with each degree of increase.

Question 5. How many degrees should I set?

When you take a shower, you don't use hot water completely, but mix some cold water inside the hot water. In winter and summer, the temperature of cold water is different, so the setting temperature of the water heater should also be different.

General winter set about 55 ℃, summer set about 45 ℃ can be - set this temperature when the bath water is not enough? Then you should be replaced as soon as possible with a larger capacity, or higher hot water output rate of the product.

Question 6. Is the water heater pre-filter useful?

Useful - the pre-filter for water heaters, equivalent to the combination of pre-filter and water softener for home use. This thing can be like a pre-filter to filter sediment, rust; but also like a water softener to soften the water.

But because it is too small, so it can only provide filtered water for the water heater, can not provide filtered water for the whole house. The good thing is that its price is not high, usually not more than 500 yuan, you can consider buying.

Question 7. long-term insulation is very expensive electricity?

Compared with "boil water when used, when not used to power off", always let the electric water heater insulation will definitely cost electricity. But power consumption is not as horrible as we think, a day will cost a couple of degrees of electricity only.

To put it bluntly, it is less than two dollars a day, in exchange for hot water that can be accessed at any time. You think the deal is worth it, then do so; you think it's not worth it, then cut off the power before it's too late.

Question 8. In addition to cleaning, but also regularly do what?

Replace the magnesium rod! Each electric water heater has a magnesium rod, the role of magnesium rod is to actively adsorb scale, thereby avoiding scale corrosion of the inner liner, resulting in water leakage, leakage.

So magnesium rod belongs to the consumables, need to be replaced regularly. Replacement frequency does not need to be too high, two or three years for a change on the line. You can clean the electric water heater, let the workers take a look at the state of the magnesium rod by the way.