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yadav3494MouthShut Verified Member
Mumbai India
Nice heater
Jun 16, 2016 10:24 AM1703 Views

Shakti water heater is really a very good water heater. We can use it for washing clothes as well by heating water.


We should switch on the water heater before use and switch it off immediately after use. We should use smaller size of water heater because elctricity consumed by water heater is dependent the amount of water is heated. We should use less hot water as saving water will also save elctricity.


We should avoid water heater is left switched on for long duration. We should also avoid unused hot water is left in the water heater.


Magic at the turn of the tap!
Jan 13, 2003 12:25 PM8134 Views

It has been three years since I sold this water heater, an instant one. This one was different from those you get either from door-to-door salesmen or at your local electrical goods store. This one is big and light. It runs on LPG. But I think you can still find it in Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi. In those days, it was a hot favorite in the North. I think you can still find one being used at McDonald’s Delhi outlet.


The Product


The Shakti Fagor Instant Gas Water Heater is marketed by Shri Shakti Alternative Energy Ltd, a part of the Hyderabad based Shri Shakti Group. The Company offers various Energy Efficient Products and Services under a common theme called Friendly Energy Solutions. Shakti Fagor is imported from Fagor Electrrodomesticos of Spain. Till date, this remains my favorite of all the products I sold.


The Features


This one can run on LPG and natural gas alike. It can be harnessed to a gas pipeline that supplies LPG at low pressures or can be independently connected to a cylinder using a regulator just like a stove. It weighs all of 7 kilos at the most and can literally be hung on the wall using two long screws or nails as harnesses. It does not use electricity in any way and hence has no wiring or elements of any sort. It is being used all over Europe for the past 30 years. It meets the EN-26 safety standards of Europe and comes with the CE mark of Quality.


The Magic


Shakti Fagor is instant in the strictest terms. It gives you hot water at varying levels of temperature set by you (manual knobs), at the turn of the tap. The capacity is unlimited (no storage at all) and water is constant to the rate at which you set using your tap. At the turn of the tap. That is the magic. This heater works on the principle of heat exchange. There are some burners and a heat exchange unit through which water flows continuously and is delivered hot. Both the heating process and the water flow are triggered with the turn of the tap and shut off similarly. To put it simple, the burners ignite with the turn of the delivery tap. They are put out once the tap is shut.


Do not think that the tap must be rigged with contraptions. Nothing of that sort, but the fact that this heater uses the flow of water and simple, but quality engineering pressure dynamics to control the supply of gas. Does that mean that water ignites the burners? No, actually, a small pilot flame targeted over the burners does it. This pilot flame is real small, something less intense than a cigarette lighter flame. It has to be clicked on before the heater is used. There is a peizo-electric switch provided to ‘click’ it on. This flame can be left on all day and it consumes a miniscule amount of gas. Just ignite it once a day and YOU CAN GET HOT WATER AT THE TURN OF THE TAP.


The Safety Angle


Believe me for I have sold this product, used it, demonstrated it, tinkered with it and even repaired one. THIS LPG HEATER IS SAFER THAN YOUR GAS STOVE. Here is why: Gas cut-off if water supply stops Gas cut-off if burner flame goes out by any chance Gas cut-off in the rare case of overheating Gas cut-off if pilot flame gets extinguished. No gas…means no fire, no leakage and no explosion. The burners are well concealed with enough arrangements to allow air inside for combustion. The unit is of stainless steel and iron, light and well painted with powder-coated finish insides and a quality of paint-work that cannot even be seen on the best refrigerators in the country today. In demonstrations, I had asked 5-6 year old kids to operate it without any safety instructions!


The Advantage


LPG is dear. Agreed. It comes in bomb-like cylinders. Agreed. It is a depleting natural resource. Agreed. The government is removing subsidies gradually. Agreed. Still, it is advantageous over Electrical Geysers. Why?




  1. It is easy to install. Costs nothing to fix one. Geysers need masonry work.




  2. If LPG is depleting (it will be around for another 25 years on ‘known’ gas reserves before things start to get worse), so is coal that gives you electricity. Besides, natural gas is abundantly available for a foreseeable future.




  3. There is no pollution. LPG and natural gas are ‘clean and green’ fuels. They burn very efficiently, have more calorific value and give more heat. A rupee of LPG or NG can give more heat than a rupee of electricity!




  4. It can save from 35%-70% of your electrical bills depending on which state you live in. This is based on private LPG prices, which fluctuate with the market. A litre of hot water requires just 6 grams of LPG to heat it up to 70 degrees centigrade. That is, 18 paise if LPG price per kg is taken at an inflated rate of Rs. 30 per kg.




  5. Subsidies on LPG are being lifted. So are subsidies on electricity. Power cuts will not give you hot water. Gas water heaters can.




  6. It is much more efficient than heating water on stoves. That takes away about 50% of the heat into wastage. This heater conserves 95% of the heat generated.




  7. It is not cost effective when compared to the operative costs of solar thermal heaters. But if you compare the cost of installation and also the comfort of hot water anytime at the turn of the tap, you know which one is better. Besides, with minimum wear-out parts, it is literally maintenance free for a long time.




  8. Convenience. You can install it anywhere depending on the plumbing layout. You can alternate your only cylinder between cooking and water heating.






Installation


Aesthetically, it looks like some fancy kitchen contraption like a hand-dryer or something rather than a dowdy big geyser. Its smooth and objective design is universally compatible to any décor. Best place is in the kitchen where gas can be handily available. You can have it in the bath and take in a copper gas line that costs lesser than plumbing, to install. You can install it in utility spaces or wherever it suits you. All it needs is tow long-screws on the wall to fix it.


The Price


Finally, this is where I fizzle out! A 5-litre per minute piece costs Rs 8000! At that price, of course, you get the top quality piece that sells in Europe. The import duties are high, so the price is high. But then, the savings may offset the high cost. Besides, it is cheaper to install and literally, maintenance-free! Quality comes at a price. So does pure happiness.


Final words


I must be literally selling this thing. Believe me, 3 years ago, it was pleasure to watch customers play with it whenever I demonstrated it. My first client wrote a letter to the company saying that he saved Rs. 1000 on electrical bills every billing cycle thanks to it. I had sold about 120 pieces to homes, hospitals, clinics, restaurants, hostels, a public bath and even a biscuit factory! For the year and half, I received no complaints from anyone save the biscuit factory. Some one dumped flour into the unit causing it to shut down. Even today, my ex-colleagues from the company tell me: No complaints so far! Now that is what I call quality. Try it out. This one is surely one friendly solution. Try out the shrishakti.com web site for any other information.


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