UL listed
Listed for electrical safety, so the tank can go through a normal inspection.
Water Solutions
HeatWise Electric Tank Water Heater
An electric tank that holds hot water ready, so the shower is hot before you step in. How Much? matches the gallons to the household and checks the panel before anything is ordered.
What you are getting
- Stored hot water, so the tap is already hot. This is not a tankless unit, and it does not heat or cool the rooms.
- The tank interior is enameled, a rare-earth anode takes the corrosion, and the elements are ceramic-coated so scale does not bake on as fast.
- A brass drain valve is there for the day you flush sediment. Plastic valves are what seize.
- Manufacturer coverage is 10 years on the tank, 10 years on the parts, and 1 year on labor. How Much? stands behind the install.
- Style
- Electric storage tank
- Tank warranty
- 10 years
- Parts warranty
- 10 years
- Listing
- UL and AHRI
How it goes in
The old tank comes out the same day
Most of these swaps are a straight trade: the old tank, the pan, and the connections, then a new tank in the same footprint. The part that actually changes the price is the electrical. If the breaker and the wire cannot carry the element, we fix that before the tank is ordered, not after it is sitting in the garage.
- 01Count who uses hot water at onceTwo showers and a dishwasher in the same half hour need more stored gallons than a house where everyone staggers. We size it to that morning, not to the label on the old tank.
- 02Open the panelAn electric tank wants a dedicated circuit. If the panel is full, or the wire is undersized, that work is part of the quote. A tank on a tired circuit is how elements fail early.
- 03Set it, fill it, and stay for the first heatPan, shutoff, relief valve, and the brass drain all get checked for leaks. We do not leave while it is still filling and call that done.
The facts that matter
10-year tank
The tank itself is covered for 10 years. That is the warranty that matters if it starts to weep.
10-year parts
Elements, controls, and the rest of the parts are covered for 10 years.
AHRI rated
Certified to the industry rating. Manufacturer labor coverage is 1 year, and How Much? stands behind the install.
Why this one
Hot water that is already there
A tank is a simple promise. Someone turns a tap, and the water is hot because it was heated while nobody was waiting. HeatWise is the electric tank we sell when the panel can carry it and the gallons match the people who actually live in the house.
The second shower stays hot
The failure people remember is the shower that fades halfway through. Stored gallons are what prevent that, if the tank was sized for how this house overlaps. Two showers and a dishwasher in the same half hour is a different tank than a house where everyone staggers.
Set it once
The dial is on the tank. You pick a temperature and the elements hold the water there. There is no app between you and a shower, and no one in the house has to learn a schedule to wash a pan at night. If you want it hotter or cooler, it is one control, in the room where the tank lives. How Much? sets it where most families leave it, then shows you the dial before we go.
Still quiet in year eight
Tanks die from the inside. Scale on the elements, sediment on the bottom, and a drain you cannot turn. This one is lined so water is not sitting on bare steel, an anode takes the corrosion, and the drain is brass so a flush is still possible later.
What is actually in the tank
The comfort is the hot shower. The lifespan is these parts. They are why we sell this tank instead of a plain cylinder with a plastic valve.
Enameled interior
A glass-like lining keeps the water off the steel, so the tank is not rusting from the first fill.
Rare-earth anode
The rod corrodes on purpose. When it is spent, you replace the rod. You do not replace the tank.
Self-cleaning flow
Incoming water is directed so sediment keeps moving instead of baking into a layer on the bottom.
Ceramic elements
The coating resists the mineral crust that makes an old element work harder for the same hot water.
Brass drain valve
Metal you can still turn a few years from now, when it is time to flush. Plastic valves are what seize.
Questions
Is this tankless?
No. It stores a tank of hot water and holds it at temperature. Tankless is a different machine, with different gas or electrical needs, and we will say so if that is actually the better fit.
Will it run out if the whole house showers at once?
A tank can run out if it is undersized. That is why the gallon choice follows how many people overlap, not a guess from the photo. If the house needs more than a tank can honestly hold, we will tell you before you buy it.
What do I have to do to keep it?
Flush it once in a while so sediment does not sit on the bottom. The drain valve is brass so that job is still possible a few years from now. The anode rod is the part that corrodes on purpose. When it is spent, it gets replaced, and the tank does not.