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1. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: "Storm Field" <wamrazing@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 13:50:47 -0500; Hey Guys; Spent a lot of time travelling out of the country a while back where these tankless heaters are very common. Got a chance to use gas models, electric models, whole house and point of use he; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00002.html (7,951 bytes)
2. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:21:04 -0800 (PST); The tankless guys are great - just be aware that they draw a lot of electrical current (or natural gas) and your 'fuel plumbing' needs to be up to the task. We replaced our water heater a few months; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00003.html (7,922 bytes)
3. RE: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 11:45:06 -0800; Whatever flow rate & rise they will supply, they will supply indefinitely. So you never "run out" of hot water like with a tank. But I just did a little calculation for my house. To support 140F wat; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00004.html (9,218 bytes)
4. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>; Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:59:37 -0500; Are there plain storage tanks available that you could plumb in where the old water heater was, and then use a tankless for heating? jim; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00005.html (8,269 bytes)
5. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: John Miller <jem@milleredp.com>; Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 12:37:45 -0800; That's a *huge* amount of simultaneous water usage. Agreed, tankless doesn't necessarily make sense on a straight economic basis. We went tankless because I wanted the space where the water heater w; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00007.html (10,365 bytes)
6. RE: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 14:05:25 -0800; True, but it accurately describes "worst case" in my own home. And it also describes a situation that my current hot water system can handle reasonably well, as long as the showers and faucet usage; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00010.html (10,806 bytes)
7. RE: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 14:17:45 -0800; The tanks are available, but why ? You'd have to add a pump to circulate the water through the tank back into the heater, since otherwise it will get cold in the tank. And since you're still keeping; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00011.html (8,549 bytes)
8. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: "Patton Dickson" <57healey@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 17:50:03 -0600; I understand that when retrofitting an existing system, a gas type is the way to go as it may take multiple electrics to do the job. I also understand that the gas heaters need MUCH more venting than; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00012.html (8,591 bytes)
9. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 23:20:02 -0500; One place that demand-driven water heaters really shine is where the input water is pre-heated, or partially pre-heated. For instance, if you've got a solar water heater, you can feed water that's 10; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00014.html (9,055 bytes)
10. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: Jim Franklin <jamesf@groupwbench.org>; Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 08:59:09 -0500; This is somewhat close to my point, which I did a horrible job of making :-) If there's a plain 50 gallon storage tank where the old heater was, you now have 50 gallons of refreshed drinking water fo; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00016.html (9,895 bytes)
11. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: Darrell Walker <darrellw@ipns.com>; Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2006 14:33:28 -0800; Thanks everyone for the information/opinions on tankless water heaters. It looks like if I go this route, I will at least have to have a new gas line run, since the existing heater is only on a 1/2"; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00020.html (9,898 bytes)
12. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:24:11 -0600; I checked into an instant heater a few months ago. While they seem to be common and inexpensive in Europe and Canada, they're ridiculously expensive in the USA - for one that would handle a full-flow; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00025.html (8,457 bytes)
13. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: Dave Williams <ronin@aristotle.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:32:47 -0600; We have a 40-gallon gas water heater. I typically use the whole tank during a long shower. The water temp drops down to 130F or so and stabilizes, so once I've shut the cold water off completely, the; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00026.html (8,814 bytes)
14. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: "E. John Puckett" <ejpuckett@centurytel.net>; Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 11:31:19 -0600; One thing to remember with your "old" hot water heater, is that if you have hard water, and the heater is very likely has large amounts of lime in it. I used to work in an appliance shop, and have se; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00027.html (9,419 bytes)
15. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: "Marknsuz" <marknsuz@pacbell.net>; Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 00:06:39 -0800; A note of warning to anyone considering an electric tankless water heater: make sure that your incoming electrical service can handle the load. I recently put one in the house I just built, after upg; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00040.html (8,609 bytes)
16. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: "David Scheidt" <dmscheidt@gmail.com>; Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 07:10:47 -0500; Another thing to consider: The energy bill passed last fall has some tax credits for installing efficient water heaters. I can't remember the details, though, except the standards are pretty high. --; /html/shop-talk/2006-03/msg00041.html (7,813 bytes)
17. Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: Darrell Walker <darrellw@ipns.com>; Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 20:42:39 -0800; We are considering replacing our current gas water heater (16 years old) with either a newer, larger conventional unit or a whole-house tankless unit. They way our family's schedule is, we usually e; /html/shop-talk/2006-02/msg00082.html (7,847 bytes)
18. Re: Tankless whole-house water heater (score: 1): Author: "David C." <cavanadd@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2006 22:47:58 -0800; We are considering going the same way when our 6 year old gas heater finally dies. I am interested in any responses as well. FWIW, I belong to Gold's Gym. They moved to a new location a few years ago; /html/shop-talk/2006-02/msg00084.html (7,008 bytes)

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