JUDAS!
Where to Start!
Good Bastards!
Just Read all the Magazines!
We've already had this Discussion!
TANKLESS WATER HEATERS:
Guess they have their Places!
Cabins,Small Houses,Apartments!
Things to Consider:
You Best be Running it on Soft Water!
Pull the Cover off & It's a Maze Of Electronics & Sensors!
What's your Incoming Water Temp?
People read the Magazines & SUCK It to Heart they'll have Unlimited Hot Water,Not So!
They Burn Like a Boiler,Best have a Water Softener or You will Scale the Coil up!
There is Maintenance on them,very few people in this area have the Maitenance done on them until it's too late!
Our Water Temp's are Cooler than Most Places which makes the Tankless heater work harder to heat the Water!
2 ways of venting them:
Out a Side Wall on the Perimeter of your House/Building!
When Vented out a side Wall I've seen the Cold Air come through & Freeze the Coil,when nobody is drawing Hot Water the Unit is OFF,creating NO Heat at all,NO Pilot!(In warmer Climates you may not have this issue!)
When Venting Straight Up the Flue creates a lot of Condensate,you'll need to add a Condensate Tee,then find a place to Discharge the Condensate!
Had a Guy that liked turning his Heat/Thermostat down when He'd leave to go to work,Ended up freezing & Breaking His New Tankless WH,Yup,His Fault!(Can't Blame the WH!)
I have several Customers building Big New Houses & Think they can run the Whole House on one Tankless WH,WRONG!
So you don't like the Price Huh Wisz?
Wait till you get the Vent Pipe & Installation Prices!
When you get the total Price,divide it by what a Tank Type WH will cost you & do the math!
Here's the Deal!
Lot's of GREENIES around thinking they're SAVING the World with their New Tankless WH's that ain't wasting Energy because they don't have a Pilot!
Make sure & Add maintenance Cost & Service in to the Equation too Wisz!
I Install a lot of Deck Mount Big Tub/Jaccuzzi/Jetted Tub Faucets that will Flow 15 to 17 GPM,cut that in 1/2 to 7 to 8 GPM for the Hot side and that one Faucet alone will Flow more Water than the TANKLESS WH will produce,let alone somebody opening another Faucet up somewhere else!
Like I said:
They Have their Places!
You like F'N around with Electronics when it Fails on you, it just might be for you!
Besides that Wisz!
When Ms Wisz gets Tired of your BS and kicks you in to that apartment,she ain't gonna care rather you've got warm water or not!
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