Well, I am not sure I agree with you though, 2 and a half American gallons a minute is 320 ounces which is 5.33 ounces a second. seems to me I urinate about that fast. Is that even as fast as a toilet tank fills?
I don't know how one calculates the relative cost of electric and gas. They can give efficiency ratings but one really wants to know something like BTus per dollar. Even at 60% efficiency of gas, if the cost per unit of heat is a quarter of that of electricity gas will still be have the cost of electricity to operate. Up here, with my furnace running well over 90% efficient and electric heat 100% efficient, gas is still a lot cheaper than heating with electricity. Gas hot water is fractionally as expensive as electric hot water and the efficiency too is way lower. It is for certain that point-of-use hot water around kitchen and bathroom basins will save a lot of money over time and it probably doesn't matter too much if it takes a little longer for the washer to fill especially if you only run the occasional load. I get impatient though waiting for a tub to fill. Anyway it will be interesting and valuable to hear about your experience with this. ----- Original Message ----- From: chiliblindman To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 6:21 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Best Deal for the money Dale, most items really don't take a lot of water if you have water saver items. Typical shower takes less than 1.5 gallon a minute total. My washers take less than 2 gallon a minute. Tubes take around 3.5 gallon a minute if turned up. I should not have any problem with any item in my house. I would need one for each bath and laundry area or sink. With each area having its own unit I would get max savings. The tub for bath would be my biggest user and only user that would go over 2 gallon a minute if opened up. Initial cost would be higher, but savings would be great. Whirlpools are self heated for comfort so that isn't an issue either. ................bob [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.1/1347 - Release Date: 3/27/2008 7:15 PM [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
