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Tankless hot water heater Remi 09-20-2007
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Posted by Remi on September 20, 2007, 4:13 pm
Has anyone got experience with tankless water heaters? Your thoughts please.
Thanks.



Posted by hallerb@aol.com on September 20, 2007, 5:32 pm
> Has anyone got experience with tankless water heaters? Your thoughts please.
> Thanks.

here we go again:(

The idea sounds wonderful BUT!

The unit will be pricey and so will installation, likely larger gas
line directly from meter, larger flue. If you go with a direct vent or
any tankless requiring line voltage a power loss means no hot water at
all. Electric tankless are a double looser, yu will need a main
service upgrade since a decent sized electric tankless takes 150 amps
or more Tankless are complex and require perodic service which can
cost a lot. Endless hot water is wonderful till a teenager decides to
live in shower increasing costs:( During low flow like a faucet
cracked open to rinse dishes you may get no hot water or very hot
overheated water.

beyond all this current foam insulated standard tanks actually have
very low standby loses.



Posted by Laurie on September 20, 2007, 5:42 pm
Remi wrote:
> Has anyone got experience with tankless water heaters? Your thoughts
> please. Thanks.

My plumber laughed when I asked him about them (since he features them in
his ads) and said they were made for people who had too much money and he
was happy to give them what they wanted. :-)

I got a regular old gas water heater from him. :-)



Posted by Meat Plow on September 20, 2007, 6:52 pm
On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:42:07 +0000, Laurie wrote:

> Remi wrote:
>> Has anyone got experience with tankless water heaters? Your thoughts
>> please. Thanks.
>
> My plumber laughed when I asked him about them (since he features them in
> his ads) and said they were made for people who had too much money and he
> was happy to give them what they wanted. :-)
>
> I got a regular old gas water heater from him. :-)

Bravo! Well said.


Posted by hallerb@aol.com on September 20, 2007, 11:08 pm
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:42:07 +0000, Laurie wrote:
> > Remi wrote:
> >> Has anyone got experience with tankless water heaters? Your thoughts
> >> please. Thanks.
>
> > My plumber laughed when I asked him about them (since he features them in
> > his ads) and said they were made for people who had too much money and he
> > was happy to give them what they wanted. :-)
>
> > I got a regular old gas water heater from him. :-)
>
> Bravo! Well said.

if the goal is endless hot water go with a larger tank and higher BTU.

a 40 gallon 30K BTU tank replaced by a 50 gallon 75K BTU about doubles
the water capacity


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