• Bronzie@sh.itjust.works
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    8 months ago

    Serious question: why is it called a “hot water heater”?
    If anything, it heats cold water to make it hot.
    Why not just “water heater”?

    • antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      8 months ago

      I don’t know. I wanted to say “hot water on tap”, to differentiate from a tea kettle, which is also a water heater. But the prompt was about items you might purchase, and I’ve always called it a hot water heater.