[Shop-talk] water heater

[Steven Trovato]

Fred,

Consumer Reports doesn't agree with you.  There conclusions were:

-inconsistent water temperature was a common complaint
-units are expensive
-they require more service
-up to 22 years to break even

And that's not even considering that many people (including me) use 
electricity to make hot water.  Electric tankless hot water heaters 
are especially feeble.  I have a day/night electric meter.  I pay a 
much lower rate at night.  I have a timer on my water heater, and I 
only heat water at night.  This works fine most of the time.  If I 
have house guests or for some reason need a lot of hot water, I just 
flip the switch to override the timer.

-Steve Trovato
strovato at optonline.net

At 03:54 PM 1/26/2010, FRED E THOMAS wrote:
>Hot water tanks are probably the most expensive appliance operating in your
>home, and it's 95% a waste, why does anyone heat water over and over each and
>everyday, heat it up when you need hot water