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"webmz1" <mztress@bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>I've been considering getting a tankless water heater.
>My neighbor owns several properties & swears by them.
>He has someone who he buys them from for $250 each, which is allot less
>than most of the quotes Ive heard.
>His home has one ; he as a family of 4,so they use allot more water
>than I do.(kids, laundry, baths,etc)
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>I under stand they are suppose to be energy efficient.
>I know they are more expensive to buy than regular water heaters but
>it's possible that the energy savings might balance that out.
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If you'd like a reasonably unbiased report on tankless heaters, check this
whiepaper out. http://www.nyletherm.com/whitepaper2.pdf.It was written by an
engineer at AOSmith - a company that builds both types of water heaters.
I do not know what your neighbor is buying, but $250 isn't going to get you a
whole house heater. On top of that, the installation costs (including upgrading
the electric feed, any other plumbing upgrades is going to wipe out any savings
you might see. Tankless has other issues as well - limited simultaneous users,
problems at low flow rates (think washing hands), etc.
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