Today the term “Remote Control” is more commonly known as automated. Home Automation is a big trend today. You can control your toaster from your smart phone, or unlock the front door for the refrigerator repairman from your computer at work. Or, you can turn your water heater on from your airplane while traveling home from that long vacation.
Did I say turn your water heater on? Wow! You turn your lights on & off. You turn your coffee pot on & off. You can open & close your shades, control the ceiling fan or operate security cameras. You can turn the heat up and down with home automation, so why not control your water heater to gain even more energy conservation in your home.
You do not have to be millionaire to automate your home. There are many companies like Smart Home Super Store that have great options for the average homeowner to automate his or her home. They also have modules to adapt gas water heater timers into automated devices. With utility bills rising every year, this idea is finally starting to catch on. All across the nation electric rates have risen as much as 18% in the last year.
Electric water heater timers are back. Electrical and plumbing contractors have been installing Electric Water Heaters Timers for decades. Now they are selling and installing Gas Water Heater Timers. People are getting more and more energy conscious. Since your water heater uses 25% of your household energy, the ability to save energy by controlling your water heater makes good sense.
Until now the ability to control your gas water heater by remote control has been nonexistent. In 2012 two companies began marketing a timer for gas water heaters. The two companies are American Pacific and Bradford White. The Gas Water Heater Timer by American Pacific is a universal device which allows you to automate your gas water heater by using any home automation device of your choice. You can use a computer, an ipad or a smart phone to control your water heater. You can also use a standard household touch tone phone or an in house home automation control system, or use a simple analog or digital lamp timer to control the water heater control device by American Pacific. Click here for more info. on American Pacific’s programmable hot water heater timer and start living smarter today.