Bradford White Hot Water Heaters Are Fueled By Oil, Electricity, Natural Gas And LPG

Bradford White are popular wholesalers of hot water heaters which are powered by oil, electricity, natural gas and propane (also known as LPG)

When one wants to purchase any storage water heater, one has to look at two very important factors. Energy Factor and First Hour Rating Here we are going to talk about the properties of the Bradford White storage water heaters.

Bradford White have a lot of water heater models. There have water heaters that use electricity, propane, or natural gas. There are some Bradford White heaters that use oil as well

Which water heater is better? - The propane or natural gas tankless? For general information to help in assessing propane versus natural gas tankless hot water heaters.

The following is general publicly available information on Bradford White storage tank water heaters ..... propane, or natural gas and electricity

Bradford White hot water heater claims...

"Bradford White's 800,000 square foot manufacturing facillity located in the Heartland of America Middleville, Michigan. With a long and successful history dating back to 1881 Bradford White today is one of the most technologically advanced water heater manufacturers in the world.

With headquarters in suburban Philadelphia and its manufacturing operation in Middleville, Michigan the company builds all of its products strictly for wholesale distribution. Bradford White water heaters for residential, commercial and hydronic space heating applications are designed to be installed by plumbing and heating professionals.

Natural Gas, Propane Heating Oil Costs For Water Heating

All of this begins in the company's state-of-the-art Research and Development Laboratory where achieving excellence is the overriding objective. Here, technology takes a remarkable turn. By focusing on the professional installer's needs for superior performance, Bradford White engineers create products and systems with enhanced quality features that are built to last." ... extracted from Bradford White web site

Bradford White ONLY type of hot water heater	First Hour Flow rating	Energy Factor
Storage Tank Electric Hot Water Heater Maximum value for range ...	118	.93
Storage Tank Electric Hot Water Heater Minimum value for range	19	.82
Storage Tank Electric Hot Water Heater Average value for range	63	.88
Storage Tank Natural Gas Hot Water Heater Maximum value for range	140	`.65
Storage Tank Natural Gas Hot Water Heater Minimum value for range	51	.5
Storage Tank Natural Gas Hot Water Heater Average value for range	82	.57
Storage Tank Propane or LP Gas Hot Water Heater Maximum value for range	140	.65
Storage Tank Propane or LP Gas Hot Water Heater Minimum value for range	51	.5
Storage Tank Propane or LP Gas Hot Water Heater Average value for range	82	.57
Storage Tank OIL Water Heater Maximum value for range	140	.54
Storage Tank OIL Hot Water Heater Minimum value for range	100	.51
Storage Tank OIL Hot Water Heater Average value for range	120	.53
Information extracted from published data by GAMA

Compare to this data from GAMA for all suppliers of similar equipment .....

All Manufacturers storage tank hot water heaters data	First Hour Flow rating	Energy Factor
Storage Tank Electric Hot Water Heater Maximum value for range ...	120	.95
Storage Tank Electric Hot Water Heater Minimum value for range	15	.77
Storage Tank Electric Hot Water Heater Average value for range	60	.89
Storage Tank Propane and Natural Gas Hot Water Heater Maximum value for range	132	.63
Storage Tank Propane and Natural Gas Hot Water Heater Minimum value for range	46	.48
Storage Tank Propane and Natural Gas Hot Water Heater Average value for range	77	.57
Storage Tank Natural Gas Hot Water Heater Maximum value for range	143	.65
Storage Tank Natural Gas Hot Water Heater Minimum value for range	48	.46
Storage Tank Natural Gas Hot Water Heater Average value for range	80	.56
Storage Tank Propane or LP Gas Hot Water Heater Maximum value for range	140	.65
Storage Tank Propane or LP Gas Hot Water Heater Minimum value for range	48	.46
Storage Tank Propane or LP Gas Hot Water Heater Average value for range	81	.56
Information extracted from published data by GAMA

Energy Factor in simple terms means that if the Energy Factor is high then the annual cost of power to run the tanklless hot water heater or the storage heater will be lower than it would be if the Energy Factor was low. Gas tankless water heaters have an Energy Factors that ranges between 0.64 and 0.82

The First Hour Rating is the amount of hot water the heater can supply in an hour. If you are using a storage tank system then this means that the tank will be full of hot water at the beginning of the first hour.

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