I saw a crew putting in a water line this morning, you could just see their
heads in the trench. It freezes pretty good here, in 2015 our neighbor's water
froze twice between his house and the street.
That said my aunt and uncle have solar hot water and claim its the bee's knees.
We've been considering it.
-Curt
On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 4:03:11 PM EDT, Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes
<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
We replaced an older, functioning gas tank unit a few years ago with a
reputable new one. Just found from new owners that it failed. Old one would
likely still be going strong I'm sure. Warranty covered the unit.
Now we run a navien gas tankless with integral recirc pump and smart timing
on the pump. Happy so far. It is outside. Not sure it saves any money but
no earthquake or rupture risk and never runs out of hot water.
Surprised no one is mentioning solar or attic preheat. A heat exchanger in
the attic on the heater supply line with a fan would lower energy input
considerably in summer. Same with a rooftop solar exchanger. Down here it
never freezes, so it is pretty simple. People heat pools with rooftop solar
water loops all the time.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 8:10 AM Curt Raymond via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> I was thinking that in the case of a water heater age plays into it. As I
> understand it they do have a lifespan and when one leaks it can be pretty
> terrible...
> If it were old (20 years?) I'd say replace it with the same again. The new
> one will have better insulation and be more efficient. If its fairly new
> (less than 10 years?) I'd leave it alone. Its that middle ground thats a
> question...
> -Curt
>
> On Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 10:16:10 AM EDT, Jim Cathey via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Would I be better off convincing her to leave the gas 30 gal heater be?
>
> Has she never heard: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." There is true
> wisdom, there.
>
> -- Jim
>
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