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Hot water heater

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-013477

1. An automatically controlled, thermally insulated vessel designed for heating water and storing heated water at temperatures less than 180 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. A closed vessel with a capacity of no more than 120 U.S. gallons in which water is heated by combustion of gaseous, liquid, or biomass fuel and hot water is withdrawn for use external to the vessel.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-013477
FieldEnvironment
SubjectBuilt environments
ReferencesAdapted from DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary; 40 CFR 63.11237 (CFR 2013)
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Hot water heater",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Hot Water Heater",
  "definition": "1. An automatically controlled, thermally insulated vessel designed for heating water and storing heated water at temperatures less than 180 degrees Fahrenheit.\n\n2. A closed vessel with a capacity of no more than 120 U.S. gallons in which water is heated by combustion of gaseous, liquid, or biomass fuel and hot water is withdrawn for use external to the vessel.",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "Adapted from DOE Energy Information Administration Glossary",
    "40 CFR 63.11237 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/hot-water-heater/"
}

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