News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The big automotive semiconductor problem. Parent comment

Re:The big automotive semiconductor problem by throwaway0a5e on Thursday March 31, 2022 @11:40AM (#30868420)
Your typical $400-$500 tank style gas water heater has none of those things. It has a PCB with some analog circuitry to do sparky magic to light the pilot light. A gas/propane heater or stovetop is basically the same thing in a different form factor.

Tankless water heaters are necessarily much more fancy.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The big automotive semiconductor problem by frosted-flakes on Thursday March 31, 2022 @11:44AM (#30868475)
AKA low-efficiency water heaters.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The big automotive semiconductor problem by chmod600 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @12:26PM (#30869064)
Can you explain? Are you talking about inline water heaters as the efficient ones?

I have only seen the tank style in the U.S. So it seems to fit, though I guess you are implying those will get replaced by something better.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The big automotive semiconductor problem by frosted-flakes on Thursday March 31, 2022 @01:42PM (#30870097)
High efficiency condensing water heaters still have a tank.
[ Parent | on HN ]