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Posted by oløenneker on July 29, 2006, 7:34 pm
beerguzzler50@yahoo.com wrote:
Because an electric water heater will in most cases use less energy than
your boiler, which is designed to heat the entire home rather than a 40
gallon tank of water.
Even a stand alone Gas water heater would bee good as well.
The old tankless systems for a boiler are old tech. and waste energy.
> uh, what would the benefit of an electric hot water tank be in this
> scenario?
> daytona wrote:
> > Electric hot water tank with timer (Gray Box)
> >
> >
> > >I have hydronic heat in my house and use a oil fired Weil-McClain
> > > tankless boiler that is about 6 years old (WGO Gold or WGTO Gold I
> > > think). It has one output for the hydronic heat and another for the
> > > house hot water...so I don't have a hot water heater. The whole thing
> > > works fine.
> > >
> > > My question is whether this is an efficient setup as far as oil usage
> > > goes. The boiler runs year round cause of the house hot water. I know
> > > the heat circuits aren't being used, but it does heat both at the same
> > > time.
> > >
> > > I have been considering getting a Boderus direct vent boiler cause I
> > > hate the power vent I have right now and hear Boderus are great
> > > boilers. Would my oil usage be less with a combo boiler/oil hot water
> > > heater year round? I have also heard about indirect fired water
> > > heaters (superstore?). Any experience and suggestions would be
> > > welcomed. I figure I could sell my Weil-McClain cause it isn't that old
> > > and still get a decent $ for it.
> > >
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