You are right, the water heater does have a Pilot light. I saved about $20 a month after replacing the old regular tank and the gas company did change the meter, thinking some thing was wrong. Why I didn't put one of the tankless in this house, I will never know. RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: tunecollector To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:50 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Big Help For Hot Water
If your tankless water heater was gas, then the pilot light was always on? If so, was there still a savings in your utility bill? -----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of rj Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 4:21 PM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Big Help For Hot Water It depends on the size of the unit and how far the water has to travel. In our old house, we could run any two outlets at any time without having a problem. This included the dishwasher, washer, and shower. If this tank we now have goes bad, I plan on replacing it with one of the waterless hot water unit. I did have a natural gas unit, and don't know how the electric unit stacks up. ----- Original Message ----- From: David Ferrin To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 7:06 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Big Help For Hot Water The main thing as I understand the animal is they can supply hot water for only a single use at a time. So don't try running the dish washer and your laundry washer at the same time. Other than that they do sound quite a good thing to me. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dpf%40jaws-users.com> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Rossi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Big Help For Hot Water Hmm, I have been looking at tankless heaters for a while now, this article is good, but seems a bit over enthusiastic. For example, not all of these heaters are pilotless. The three reviewed appear to be, but there are cheaper models that use a standing pilot. I have even read about a unit that uses the flowing water to ignite the flame so it doesn't require a power hookup for that. I don't know what size hot water tanks they were comparing, but I don't think I would get back 20 square feet of basement if I went with one of these. My hot water tank takes up half of that with a bit of clearance around it. Never-the-less, I am definitely interested in these puppies. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:dr25%40andrew.cmu.edu> Tel: (412) 268-9081 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] __________ NOD32 2046 (20070208) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
