Why do people call it a "hot water heater"?

do you also have a "cold air conditioner" wrote:

It doesn't heat hot water. It heats regular tap temperature water into hot water.

Water by definition has a temperature of approximately 273 Kelvin and therefore can be characterized as hot water, that you are heating up to make hotter.

ooper wrote:

do you also have a "cold air conditioner" wrote:

It doesn't heat hot water. It heats regular tap temperature water into hot water.

Water by definition has a temperature of approximately 273 Kelvin and therefore can be characterized as hot water, that you are heating up to make hotter.

That makes no sense

wut??? wrote:

ooper wrote:

Water by definition has a temperature of approximately 273 Kelvin and therefore can be characterized as hot water, that you are heating up to make hotter.

That makes no sense

Fast than there is faster.

Smoking crack wrote:

wut??? wrote:

That makes no sense

Fast than there is faster.

Those are all real words, but they don't mean anything when strung together in that particular order.

It heats the water that goes into the hot water pipes.

If your turn on the hot faucet and get cold water, you would say "There is something wrong with the hot water" even though the water you are complaining about is cold.

I've never heard anyone call it that. They may say water heater or hot water tank.

However is they just said The Heater you'd probably be confused and wonder if they meant the hot air heater.

Hot water pipes wrote:

It heats the water that goes into the hot water pipes.

If your turn on the hot faucet and get cold water, you would say "There is something wrong with the hot water" even though the water you are complaining about is cold.

But the hot water is what it produces, not what it heats.

Water at 273 Kelvin is equivalent to 0 degrees C or 32 degrees F, or ICE.

does it turn off when the water is hot? no, didn't think so. it keeps hot water hot and that's why it's a hot water heater. pretty straight forward.....

When I needed to replace my water heater (see what I did there?), the plumber--from Boston--asked whether I wanted the same specs. I told him, "well, I have three girls approaching their teens."

"Oh," he replied, "Got it. You want tha triple dottah wottah hottah."

We had a good laugh, but, yes, I got the tri-dot-wot-hot.

Kenneth M wrote:

does it turn off when the water is hot? no, didn't think so. it keeps hot water hot and that's why it's a hot water heater. pretty straight forward.....

At that point, it is just keeping the water hot, not heating it.

do you also have a "cold air conditioner" wrote:

It doesn't heat hot water. It heats regular tap temperature water into hot water.

Are you working on your Jerry Seinfeld stand up comedy act?

do you also have a "cold air conditioner" wrote:

It doesn't heat hot water. It heats regular tap temperature water into hot water.

Have you considered asking the Department of Redundancy Department?

If you have baseboard or radiator heating "water heater" could refer to the boiler that provides the steam or hot water for heating the house. In my parents' house the boiler heats both the heating water and the hot tap water. So saying "hot water heater" leaves no confusion that you're talking about an appliance that exclusively heats tap water.

This entire thread is ridiculous. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go make some ice in the freezer.

nope, still not making sense wrote:

Those are all real words, but they don't mean anything when strung together in that particular order.

Your sentence is incomplete.

Bro - Mama wrote:

Water at 273 Kelvin is equivalent to 0 degrees C or 32 degrees F, or ICE.

Ahem.wrong.

water doesn’t always turn to ice at 32 degrees Fahrenheit

This reminds me of the first episode of Breaking Bad when the kid wants them to get a hot water heater.

You sir are the Seinfeld of internet posters.