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RE: Fixed My Crappy Plumbing New Tankless Heater Installed!
ha! look at that thing, THATS a water heater? talk about small, that's totally amazing. How long do they say they last?
ha! look at that thing, THATS a water heater? talk about small, that's totally amazing. How long do they say they last?
I know! I was kinda skeptical, but it does a pretty good job for my little place. They are supposed to last up to 20yrs with regular maintenance which involves a yearly flush to help remove any scaling in the pipe.
howdy back sir makinstuff! oh well 20years is a good long time but what are the costs of those things?
This guy was $171.00 with free shipping on ebay.
sir makinstuff! is that why you went with this one, because of the price or did you want to experiment? I mean that is such a steal compared to the full size tanks! Plus you don't have to haul that big one around, I think we need to check the tankless model out. does it put out hot water like the tank models?
In actuality, I bought this one from a suggestion from my Dads buddy whose an electrician. He recommended tankless because he installed one at his lake place and helped me work on my main panel when I had to do some re-wiring. He said in order to not change out my wiring he recommended I could go up to a 7400Watt tankless heater. I looked around for a heater with the highest power rating that would run on my 240V 30amp breaker. The highest power I could find was this 6kW 240V 30amp rated heater. It does ok when you only operate one faucet with hot water at a time. So if someone is taking a hot shower you wouldn't want to run the hot water in the kitchen sink because they would run out of hot water. This model is not adjustable so when the faucet is turned on and the heater senses the flow it kicks the band heaters on full power to heat the water. I'd say it would be a great solution for anyone with a small house.
oh ok sir makinstuff but you can just buy bigger ones if you get tired of this one?
You bet, I may go bigger when I can save up a bit to put in a new breaker.
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sir makinstuff you also said something interesting about you house being a A&B place, or whatever you call that...where people rent a room? how is that working?