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Hot water in a immersion heater.
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Hot water in a immersion heater. Background Knowledge: Water may be used to heat up water during the night using an immersion heater this is to take advantage of the cheap rate of electricity. But the problem is to keep the water's heat till the time when it is used. E.g. for a bath or washing up. Immersion heaters are used in many homes and are very efficient. They insulate heat well, this is because most of them have an insulated jacket which is mainly made out of a fibre glass wool and are coated with a bright colour this is because fibre glass wool is very thick and does have many air holes in it. This is good because heat air is a good conductor of heat and a bad insulator of heat, therefore the fewer the air holes the fewer the heat is that is conducted. Also the being as...
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