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To: RegulatorCountry
There are electric tankless water heaters now, or gas is probably cheaper overall if you have a line to your house.

The feasibility of those has pretty much been debunked, evidenced by their hardly ever being advertised in my large metro area anymore.

I've even had plumbers who sell them steer me away from them. And they ARE expensive.

9 posted on 09/18/2017 8:37:11 AM PDT by fwdude (Democrats have not been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.)
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To: fwdude

Depends upon your groundwater temps I suppose, they’re going strong in residential here. Going strong in RV’s too, much less power draw plus the space for the tank is freed up for storage or other use, both of which are big pluses in an RV, especially one set up for dry camping without utility hookups.


11 posted on 09/18/2017 8:39:23 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: fwdude

The newer (2014) Water heaters are very well insulated now. (+3”) The only stupid requirement is basically anything over 55 gals has to be a heat pump type unit.

The tank-less can be quite problematic especially with mineral issues in the water.

To try to run one on electricity is just insane. 60 Amp supply run to the tank-less.

I see some companies are even putting small tanks for storage on their tank-less heaters. Thus coming full circle again.


28 posted on 09/18/2017 9:26:29 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (Ignorance is reparable, stupid is forever)
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