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Charlie: Well, Dale from Cypress. Dale’s looking at the water heater and he wants to know what’s the difference or the benefit between a shorter-wider versus a taller-skinnier water heater. We have to change the shapes of them because the installation?
Tom: Yeah. It doesn’t make any difference as long as they meet standards.
Charlie: There’s no benefit?
Tom: Being taller or fatter? No.
Charlie: Right.
Tom: Because they place the–
Charlie: Thank God.
Tom: [laughter] No kidding, actually. For water heaters, it’s an advantage. It’s just how they place the heating elements, so it doesn’t make any difference. It’s more of a space requirement than anything else.
Charlie: There’s no difference.
Tom: They all meet the same energy standards.
Charlie: Alright.