Often when considering either a new water heater for a new home, or replacing an existing water heater, people wonder if an oil water heater is the better choice. This article will weigh the advantages of using an oil water heater.

First, the use of an oil water heater, as opposed to an electric one, will give you substantially more fuel savings. Because new oil water heaters are more advanced, they are now a modern heat exchanger that is considered highly efficient. What happens is that it will heat water much faster and consequently use less fuel. This, in turn, will reduce your energy costs.

Today’s oil water heater will probably have a fully welded tank skirt. This is created in order to prevent any noxious or harmful flue/ventilation gasses from escaping from between the jacket and the tank.

In the past, water temperature controls were very simple, and undoubtedly there was a lot of variation in temperature of the water. Today, an oil water heater will feature a highly reliable and extremely accurate temperature control.

An oil water heater may also be an on demand type which is very economical. This means that you will no longer be paying for fuel used to store hot water as you had to do with your old electric heater. Many oil water heaters can heat up to 240 gallons of water in as little as one hour. Some users who obtained an on demand oil water heater have reported as much as 70% reduction in their water heating costs.

Almost any hot water heater expert will recommend that you have a separate oil burner for your oil water heater. The reasons are many, but if you live in a cold climate, you will want the hot water to continue to be hot while you wait for your general home burner to be repaired if it breaks down. In addition, since most people want to turn off their house burners during the warmer months, you can still have hot water during those months.

What’s more, today’s burners are to a large extent more efficient, and today’s tanks are substantially better insulated besides having more reliable circulators and thermostats. Even though an oil water heater could possibly have a modestly-higher up front installation cost, its total efficiency when heating water will mean exceptionally low operating costs when considered over the entire life of the unit.

One of the most important points to consider if one is considering an oil water heater is this: an oil-fired water heater will have a very high recovery rate. This means that they can actually heat up great amounts of water rapidly. The recovery rate of any water heater is mathematically calculated as the quantity of water whose high temperature the unit can raise by a hundred degrees within one hour. For example, if a water heater can augment the temperature of 45 gallons of water by 100 degrees within an hour, then that particular unit has a 45-gallon recovery rate. When considering an oil water heater you may note that it has a recovery rate that is as high as 120 gallons per hour!