Did You Know – A drip from a faucet of 1/32 of an inch will lose 25 gallons of hot water per day; a 1/16 inch drip will waste over 100 gallons a day. Do you have long runs of exposed piping? Valuable heat is lost through un-insulated pipes.
The gallons per minute flow rate of standard shower heads vary greatly. “Luxury” type shower heads disperse from five to twelve gallons per minute. Reducing the flow rate at the shower, or other fixtures will conserve hot water.
High water pressure will cause higher usage of hot water. A fixture which dispenses three gallons/minute at 50 LBS of pressure increases to four gallons/minute at 80 LBS of pressure. Reduce the water pressure to stretch the available hot water.
