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How do you know if you should get a storage tank water heater or a tankless water heater?

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Water heaters are essential to modern life. That’s why when it’s time
to equip your new house, or repair the old one you need to make sure that
you get a unit that meets all your needs. You should consider the
cost, efficiency and lifespan of your new water heater. Besides that,
you have to decide if you want to install a tankless tank or a storage tank
water heater.

Here is a comparison of the two systems to help you decide which one is better for you.
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What is a tankless heater and how does it work?

Tankless heaters, also known as demand water heaters, provide hot water
water as needed. They generate hot water by making cold water
flow through a heating element (gas burner or coil tube). So every time a
the hot water source is turned on, the cold water flows through the heating
element, and instantly heated by gas or electricity. When
the hot water faucet is closed, the cold water stops flowing through the
heating element and hot water stops flowing. They are usually fed
with electricity or gas.

How a storage tank water heater works

Storage tank water heaters are found in most homes. they have an insulation
tank where 30-50 gallons of water are heated and stored until needed.
A pipe placed in the upper part of the tank delivers the hot water to the bathroom,
kitchen or other sinks. They are powered by natural gas or electricity.
The natural gas ones consume almost 50% less energy than the electric ones
types. However, they cost a bit more than electric models and feature
a temperature and pressure release valve that opens when the temperature
or pressure exceeds preset levels.

Storage vs. Tankless Water Heaters

Due to functional differences between storage tank and tankless
systems, there are pros and cons to using each.

Advantages of tankless water heater

  • Save money on overtime.

· Homeowners who use 41 gallons or less of hot water per day will benefit
more than the tankless unit. Since tankless water systems do not have to
heating and maintaining the temperature of a large tank of water, energy use
and therefore energy costs are lower.

They have an extended lifespan of 20 to 30 years. However, if you live in a
place with hard water, its service life will be shortened.

· Does not consume space. If you don’t have space, they can be installed in
exterior walls.

They can deliver two to three gallons of hot water per minute, which
means you’ll have almost instant hot water every time you turn on the
sink.

Cons of Tankless Water Heaters

  • Higher purchase cost than a storage tank.

If your previous water heater was a storage tank, then the installation
the cost will increase considerably.

Taking a shower while doing laundry at the same time can cause your
tankless unit stops meeting the hot water demand.

Storage tank water heaters

  • Significantly lower initial cost.
  • Low cost of maintenance and repairs.

Showering while doing laundry, or any other activity that requires
hot water is possible because it is already stored and can flow to
wherever it is needed.

Cons of Storage Tank Water Heaters

They produce somewhat more expensive bills. especially during the winter
months because they have to work harder.

  • They take up more space
  • It needs to be replaced more often than a tankless one.

Their life expectancy is only 10-12 years, which is significantly less than
one without tank.

Is a storage tank or tankless water system right for me?

The best person to help you decide on the best water heater for you is
a professional and experienced plumber. However, here are some tips that
can help you know what type of heater you should get.

  • Should you buy a tankless water heater if…

or Energy saving is your priority.

or Use less than 40-50 gallons of hot water per day.

or Long-term savings is your priority

  • You should get a storage tank heater if…

or You are short of cash.

or Use more than 40-50 gallons of hot water per day.

Still not sure which type is best for your home?

Call Professional Plumbers in Denver at 720 390 2652. We are a
certified, licensed and insured plumbing that offers affordable services and
quality services to the Denver metro area.

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Acer D2D Recovery 101

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Disclaimer: First of all, backup your system before launching it in any dangerous operation, some of the operations to come may cause data loss. Any modification and/or damage to your laptop will be your responsibility.

As you know, Acer and non-Acer laptops now ship with a system restore installed on a hidden partition (PQ service for Acer) on your hard drive. Normally this system is launched by simultaneously pressing the ALT+F10 keys, but sometimes that doesn’t work.

What is the problem?

There are many possible causes, but the most common are:

HAS The D2D function was disabled in the bios.

Solution: Enable the feature by pressing F2 during boot to access the BIOS menu and change settings, then reboot and press ALT+F10 keys during laptop startup.

Note: For all of the following solutions please note Max’s advice, I am now quoting Max, a contributor on my site “But I want to mention how I solved the problem, because it is rarely mentioned on the web. All methods to fix D2D Alt+f10 problem are expert and clever, but they all forget to say something fundamental:
first of all you have to rebuild with a soft partition the empty partition D:Acerdata FAT32 that almost everyone deletes because it is usually empty. Just doing it, everything went well and the recovery worked like a charm.”

Yes, many restore attempts fail due to this condition.

B. Another common problem is that Acer Master Boot Record (MBR) is corrupted or replaced by the MBR of another system. You can reinstall Acer MBR if the PQservice partition is present or if you can access the necessary files.

Solutions:

FIRST

On a working FAT32 Windows system the partition table values ​​are OC or OB for the installable FAT32 system files and 12 or 1B for the hidden FAT32 partition, for an NTFS system the known partition table values ​​are O7 for the installable NTFS file system and 27 for the Acer custom hidden NTFS partition:

1. Go to BIOS and disable the D2D recovery option.

2. Download partedit32.

3. Identify the PQservice partition by its size (there is an information box at the bottom of the part editing window) it is the small size partition about 4-9 GB. Once done, change the type of your partition to 0C (FAT32) or 07 (NTFS) and save. Reboot and you should now be able to navigate inside the PQservice partition.

Look for these two files:

mbrwrdos.exe

rtmbr.bin

(The name of these two files may be different sometimes)

When located, open a command prompt window as administrator and enter this command “mbrwrdos.exe install rtmbr.bin”, to install Acer MBR. Close command prompt, reboot your laptop again, re-enable D2D recovery in BIOS. Now ALT+F10 should work and run Acer Recovery when the laptop boots.

SECOND

Someone who tried the first method but failed to find the 2 files found another solution to restore the partition.

Use parteedit32 to locate the pqservice partition (on aspire 5920g, it is the largest partition 9gb)

Change partition type to 07 (NTFS installable), reboot.

After reboot, go to Windows computer management and mark the PQservice partition as active and then reboot again.

Clever!! Now you can continue on the road to recovery.

THIRD

We have a non-functional Windows system.

Download the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD), run it, and choose from the menu:

-File system tools

-Boot Managers

-Form JAW worked fine, but you can choose any of the other bootloaders, it will recognize the PQ service by its (hidden) type.

Simply install any bootloader and use it to start the PQ service to start the Erecovery restore process.

against The latest problem: you replaced your hard drive (in this case, PQservice is no longer present) or your partition was deleted or damaged.

Solution: I hope you burned the Acer Restore CD/DVD when prompted at the time of first use, because if you didn’t previously back up your laptop by making a disk image, it won’t be possible to use Acer Recovery. .

Let’s give the last words to Max:

“Problem solved Alan. And you are right that an external drive for data backup is very important. Yes, I have it and I backed up my data before I started messing it up…”

Sports

How does the transfer of a football player work?

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Soccer, also known as soccer in America, is arguably the most popular sport in the world. Among hundreds of professional football leagues, the English Premier League, the Spanish League and the Italian Lega Calcio Serie A are the best known. The English Premier League (EPL) is considered the best because hundreds of world-class soccer players play in this league. Now, however, LaLiga is beginning to rival the EPL because many Spanish teams have begun to ‘buy’ talented players.

The presence of superstar players in a soccer league really makes a difference in the overall atmosphere of the competition. Take American Major League Soccer, for example. In the past, MLS didn’t get much attention from Americans. But after the arrival of David Beckham, who is a living legend of English football, MLS has become more and more popular.

Today, football is no longer about the games we watch every weekend. It has become a huge industry where billions of dollars circulate within it annually. Professional gamers have become celebrities because they have thousands of fans and also because of their glamorous lifestyle.

One of the most talked about topics among football fans every year is player transfers. The most recent and phenomenal move was the transfer of Fernando Torres earlier this year. Chelsea Football Club paid £50m for him to leave his former team, Liverpool Football Club, making it the most expensive transfer in EPL history.

The concept of player transfer was introduced by the English Football Association over a century ago, with the purpose of supporting professionalism in football. The regulations state that before a new season begins, all teams must register all players with FIFA, which is the international governing body for soccer. All players registered in one team cannot be registered in other teams. Player transfers are not allowed to take place outside of the ‘transfer window’. The transfer window is the period in which football clubs can recruit players from other clubs to be their players.

The move is complete when the new team has registered the new player with FIFA. There are two windows: one before the new season starts and one in the middle of the season. The schedules depend on the regulations established by the soccer authority of each country, but they generally last the same amount of time for all the leagues in the world.

Generally, a club can buy players who are not bound by any contract with another club. But in some cases, two clubs can negotiate transfers of players who are still under contract. The move can be made as long as the negotiated terms are met.

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Ten ways to strengthen your reading habit

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Most people would like to read more. It is a fun and enlightening activity. It can help us be more informed and successful. However, it is an activity in which many people do not get very involved. According to the 1999 National Survey of Home Education, 50% of the US population age 25 and older read a newspaper at least once a week, read one or more magazines regularly, and have read a book in the past 6 months . What does this mean? It means that 50% of the population has not read a book in the last six months! Looking at the other end of the spectrum, research shows that if you read ten books a year, you are in the top percentage of all people as readers. In short, it doesn’t take much to be a good reader, but we do need to know how to get started. Here are ten suggestions to help you strengthen your reading habit: ways to find and make more time to read. 1. Always have a book nearby. Don’t go anywhere without reading material. Keep magazines or stories in your bathroom. Always have something in your summary to read. Keep a book(s) by your bed. Having things available makes it easier to steal moments that would otherwise be lost. 2. Set a reading goal. Determine how much time you want to spend reading or how many books you want to read over time. Your goal could be one book a month, one a week, or it could be reading 30 minutes a day. Start with something possible but still a stretch. As you build your habit, you can set higher goals. Setting a goal is the first step to read more. 3. Keep a record. Keep a list of the books you have read or keep track of how long you read each day. You can keep these lists in your diary or calendar. My son’s record is in our refrigerator. My list and registration are kept on my computer. No matter where you keep it, just do it. 4. Keep a list. Make a list of things you want to read in the future. Ask your friends and colleagues what they are reading. Watch for recommendations in the newspaper and magazines. Once you start looking for good books, you’ll find them everywhere. This is a great way to keep your enthusiasm up. Knowing what good things you want to read will reinforce your reading habit. 5. Turn off the television. Many people say they just don’t have enough time. Television is one of our biggest consumers of time. Make your television viewing more mindful and less habitual. There is nothing wrong with watching TV shows that you really enjoy. Where time is wasted is turning it on and scanning to find “something to see”. Those are the times to turn it off and pick up your book! 6. Listen when you can’t read. Use your commute and time in the car to listen! There are excellent audio versions of all kinds of books. Whether you want to “read” fiction, the latest self-help book, or diet, it’s probably available on tape. Don’t lock yourself into the idea that you have to read it: listening to the book still gives you the experience, ideas, and imagination that reading a book can. 7. Join a book group or book club. Reading groups typically meet once a month to discuss a book they have all decided to read. Committing to the group provides a little more impetus to finish the book and gives you a great forum for discussion and socializing around the book’s themes. 8. Visit the library or bookstore often. You have your list, right? That way you’ll have some ideas of what you’re looking for when you walk in. But there is more to be gained by walking through the places where the books reside than simply making a transaction. Take the time to browse! Let your eyes find things of interest. Let serendipity happen. Browsing will feed your mental need to read and give you lots of new things to read. 9. Build your own strategy. Decide when reading fits into your schedule. Some people read first thing in the morning, others before bed. Some decide to read while having lunch. And there is more to his strategy than just timing. Make your own decisions about reading. It’s okay to read more than one book at a time. It’s okay to stop reading something before you’re done if you’re not interested. It’s okay to flip through the book, get what you want or need, without reading every page. Figure out what works best for you, develop your own beliefs and ideas, then make them work for you. 10. Drop everything and read. My son’s fourth grade class has DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time. When the teacher asks for it, that’s what they do. Read now. That is my last advice to you. Have to. Just start. Make it a time DEAR. Now.