tankless water heater

[chrisasst]

Any one have a tankless electric water heater? If so what are your thought of comparison to a tank if you previously had one? Brand? Size? savings? etc....

 

[woodgeek]

On the electric side, tank standby losses are low, EF factors are 0.85-0.91. Hard to recoup the extra expense of the tankless. When I looked at them, the gallons per hour were marginal (something like 3-4 gpm) even when pulling enough amps to brown out the neighborhood. If you want save $$ on elec, go for a heat pump system rather than a demand.

I think electric demand heaters for a whole house are a bad technology. For a sink in a distant bathroom, I guess they have a place.

 

[semipro]

There have been numerous previous posts on Hearth on this subject either here or in the Green Room. You should check them out.

 

[Don2222]

Hello

With so many water tanks that only have a 3 year guarantee winding up at the dump each year, I bought a Stainless Steel Non Anode SuperStor Ultra Indirect with a lifetime guarantee and will never pay for another tank!

http://www.htproducts.com/superstor-ultra.html

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Years ago we had one but not for too long. The problem was that it would indeed heat the water but as soon as you shut the water off, there naturally was some water left in the heater. So if you started the water back up in just a few minutes you had to be really careful or you would burn yourself bad with a burst of super heated water. We had 2 children at home then and we tried to be careful but even I got burned every so often. Finally I had enough and just ripped it out. Also, I did not feel that we saved any fuel when using that compared to a regular water heater.

 

[oldspark]

Don-how much dit it cost.

 

[Don2222]

Don-how much dit it cost.

Actually it was the same price as the Indirect water tank at Home Depot with the 5 year guarantee. approx $1,000 dollars.

http://www.htproducts.com/superstor-ultra.html