I replaced my water heating tank a month ago with a 40 gallon, supposedly high efficiency, tank heater. I made the decision to do it this way based on the following.
I'm not convinced that North American manufacturers have perfected the on demand systems as sold in Europe. I'm not convinced that the larger units can supply sufficient on demand water at the temperature and volumes required. For eight months out of the year, at least, any heat lost from the hot water tank contributes to the overall heating of my home, hence, is not lost heat. The plumbers I called had insufficient experience installing these devices. At the moment, the cost of installation, the cost of the device, and the potential cost and the potential cost of parts/maintenance, was higher than I was prepared to pay. Time may change the numbers, but I had to deal with now. Geoff ----- Original Message ----- From: tunecollector To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 6:58 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Big Help For Hot Water I vaguely remember someone telling me that these types of water heaters are more corrosive on water pipes. Then again, I may be thinking of those instant hot water models. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Rossi Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2007 2:12 PM To: [email protected] 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 __________ 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/[email protected]/ 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/
