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Posted by Joseph Meehan on November 25, 2007, 11:26 am
Not enough to make up for any inconvenience while you wait for it to
re-heat. You would really loose very very little.
> When we had our house built over ten years ago, I had a wall switch
> installed for the 50 gal water heater. The reason being that at that
> time, we were pulling a 5'th wheel travel trailer around the country and
> were often gone for a couple months at a time. Turning off the water
> heater made sense; we also turned off the inline water supple to the
> heater.
>
> My question, and I don't know why I didn't think of it years ago, is:
> Would it be economical to turn off the heater at night and back on in the
> mornings. One thought says, "yes", but the other is that it would have to
> reheat the water equal to the overnight lost temp, and wouldn't save
> anything.
>
> Your thoughts please.
> Bob-tx
> PS: OT, but along the same lines. We also had the garage door opener put
> on a wall switch so it could be turned off during periods of absence.
> These switches are mounted about six feet high so they are not confused
> for light switches.
>
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Joseph Meehan
Dia 's Muire duit
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