Except for heating and cooling units, the water is your home's largest energy user. Unless you need a higher temperature for a dishwasher, set your unit for 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Turn it off when you go away for more than a few days.
If you have an electric unit, find out if your power company offers off-peak rates. Schedule bathing, laundering, and dish washing for these periods, or just prior to them. You need to have a special meter installed. It's usually on a circuit with a timer set to run the water heater during off-peak hours.
Does your water heater feel warm when you touch it? It's losing heat. Wrap it with an insulating fiberglass blanket available as a kit. Take care not to cover a gas unit's top or to block the air flow to the gas burner at the bottom.
If you're buying a new water heater, get a super insulated energy saving model. Putting extra insulation on one won't save much.
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