recapitated@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhat product brings a lot more value than its cost to purchase?message-squaremessage-square161fedilinkarrow-up1192arrow-down17
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minus-squareBronzie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·5 months agoSerious question: why is it called a “hot water heater”? If anything, it heats cold water to make it hot. Why not just “water heater”?
minus-squareantlion@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI 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.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoWith the missing hyphen, we’d better understand it’s for scalding water. It just became less cool to write all the symbols required.
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”?
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.
With the missing hyphen, we’d better understand it’s for scalding water. It just became less cool to write all the symbols required.