tankless water heaters (page 3)

bigdreaux

okay, how about.........we'll be having way too much fun.

john doe, thanks for the info. i need to check what brand anna's company carries.

bigdreaux

i just checked with missanna, they carry noritz heaters. anyone ever hear of them?

I don't know if you have a backup generator for power outages or not but those tankless heaters as mentioned above pull 10kw or more. Out where I live we have several power outages each winter. Our generator is 6.5 kw so it would never be able to run a tankless heater. I would love to get one but it would mean buying a very expensive bigger generator or going w/o hot water during outages. A propane powered one is another option for me that I am contemplating.

bigdreaux

i'm going to be running natural gas. so, power is not an issue.

BrentR

Then I would go for it. It is an investment not a purchase and will save $$$ and add value to your home when the day comes to sell it. I will never see natural gas where I am at or cable tv. We are at the end of the power grid so not only does the power go out alot it takes a month of sundays before it gets fixed.

nvrgnbk

i'm going to be running natural gas. so, power is not an issue.

Better yet!

PEC

Were you live I would go with solar and a small backup heater for winter.

Philip

bigdreaux

pec, we get way to much rain for a solar panel. sometimes we won't see the sun for a week.

PEC

It looks like solar could provide 75% of your hot water.

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy07osti/41157.pdf

Figure 4: Simulated Solar Fraction Using a "Base" (Current Technology) Residential SWH System

DocBob

I just replaced my old water heater with a Rinnai Continuum as part of a kitchen remodel in my home that was build in the 1940's. We love it. It does take a bit longer for the hot water to get to the faucet than it did with the tank type heater, but you never run out. My old heater was electric, the Rinnai is gas. Much, much cheaper.

The other bonus for us is that the water heater is in a closet. The tankless is much smaller which freed up some much needed closet space.

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