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Tankless hot water heater advice needed
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:17 am
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:17 am
I'm building a house, and I'm leaning towards the tankless hot water heater. It would have to be an electric one because of no nat gas in the area. Anyone have any experience with these?
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Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:18 am to mach316
Heating hot water ?
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:18 am to mach316
INB4 Why are you heating hot water
God damn it, if I could spell correctly I wouldn't made it in.
God damn it, if I could spell correctly I wouldn't made it in.
This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 10:19 am
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:20 am to mach316
Why do you need to heat water that's already hot?
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:21 am to mach316
quote:
hot water heater
Oh you done fricked up now
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:21 am to mach316
Your best bet is to change it to "tankless water heater"
This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 10:24 am
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:22 am to CaptainsWafer
Put solar on your roof.
Get battery (tesla).
Power your on demand water heater with your own electricity.
Get battery (tesla).
Power your on demand water heater with your own electricity.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:22 am to mach316
You could also run propane
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:23 am to mach316
Just moved into a condo with one and love it. Super small and efficient. Works great with no lag in hot water. Not sure how well it would work in a larger space however
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:24 am to mach316
Not electric, but I have a gas one. Saves money on utilities by not heating water 24/7 and unlimited hot water. Only downside is that it takes 30-40 seconds for the hot water to start flowing out. I'll take that trade off any day
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:25 am to mach316
Sounds like you need a refrigerator
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:25 am to mach316
I have had one for about 3 years now. I put it in my house when we built. A board(electric not wood, for the OT Nazis) on it went out after a few months. It was still under warranty and I changed the board out myself. Other than that it has worked great. It does occasionally run out of hot water i.e. dishwasher and washing machine going at same time while taking a shower. But it only takes a few seconds to catch back up rather than 20-30 mins with traditional ones.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:27 am to mach316
Since Rinnai doesn't make an electric one, I don't know what to suggest. Only one I know to avoid is Bosch. My house came with a gas Bosch unit and it was miserable. Had to go outside to reset it every time temps got in the 30s. We replaced it with a Rinnai 9.4GPM unit and have been luxuriating in hot water ever since. It was probably overkill given our house size, but not much more expensive than the smaller one.
A dishwasher makes its own hot water.
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It does occasionally run out of hot water i.e. dishwasher and washing machine going at same time while taking a shower.
A dishwasher makes its own hot water.
This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 10:31 am
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:27 am to djangochained
Go stick your hand in 120° water and report back if it is hot or not. But that only applies to a tanked one
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:28 am to LZ83
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Tankless
quote:
It does occasionally run out of hot water
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:29 am to Breesus
fricking OT Nazis
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:31 am to CaptainsWafer
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God damn it, if I could spell correctly I wouldn't made it in.
Nice double down
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:34 am to LCA131
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:42 am to LZ83
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fricking OT Nazis
We prefer to be called little people.
You bigoted frick.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 10:43 am to mach316
Electric tankless are garbage. If you dont have Nat Gas get a propane tank and run it off of that.
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