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What is the difference between a power vented gas water heater and a standard gas water heater?
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∙ 12y ago
The difference between a mobile gas water heater and a standard gas water heater is that a MH unit will use an outside air intake for combustion. That is the most important difference.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 12y agoPower vented has a fan in the vent that is heat activated and draws the exhaust out. Standard relies on heat rising to vent.
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a vented battery is vented and the regular battery is regular
What is the difference between vented and non-vented caps?
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How much does a vented propane heater cost?
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Can you buy power vented kits for any water heater?
Power vented water heaters are usually factory installed kits.
How Do You Know if Your Furnace is Standard or High Efficient?
A "standard" current heater is 80% AFUE. This implies that 80% of the fuel consumed by the heater is changed over into heat for your home. The rest is vented out of your home, for the most part through a fireplace pipe or PVC channel pipe. For a heater to be viewed as high-productivity, it must be something like 90% AFUE Read More.. universalhc.ca/how-do-you-know-if-your-furnace-is-standard-or-high-efficient/
Are vented and insulated the same thing on a water heater?
not even in the same state
Can you use the same vent for a tankless water heater as your furnace?
No, each must be vented seperately.
What is the different between vented and non-vented?
A vented gas cap vents the gas fumes into the atmosphere. A non-vented cap system routes the fumes thru the engine to be burned.
How does the vent pipe hook to the top of the hot water heater in a mobil home?
There is no vent pipe on top of a hot water heater. Mobile home or not. You must be thinking of something else. The HW tank is only vented by a Pressure Relief Valve vented to the drain.
Does a direct vent water heater have to be vented into a chimney?
No, directly vents through to outside wall of building.
Difference between hot water heaters in a mobile home and a regular home?
Water heaters in a mobile home are direct vent. This means combustion air is drawn from outside the home and exhaust gases are vented out the B-vent pipe. In a standard home water heater, it's know as a natural vent. This means room air is used for combustion and exhaust is vented out the B-vent pipe.Ans 2 - That's quite correct in the case of GAS water heaters.However, most of the Mobile homes that I've seen (into hundreds) appear to have electric heaters that are exactly the same as those in a regular house.
Can you hook up regular hot water heater on outside wall?
Where it is makes no difference, as long as it is vented. If you are asking if it can be hooked up outside, it could be, but unprotected, it would not last very long and for either gas or electric, rain would be an issue.
