RE: SB: instant hot water heaters?

[Pat Chalmers <pchalmers@workforceflorida.com>]

Does this water heater only serve one sink or is this a whole house model?
I have seen whole house models for about $1,000 but the manufacturers warn
you that if you have a remote bathroom you may have to put a small separate
one in for that. Pat Chalmers - Future owner of Dogpatch

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From: W [mailto:uwu@angelfire.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 4:34 PM
To: strawbale@crest.org
Cc: Trkstr; hollen@woodsprite.com
Subject: Re: SB: instant hot water heaters?


I just last fall installed a (natural gas) Aquastar tankless in my
(conventional) remodel, and while turning on the water all the way to hot
does decrease the flow (appx. half, I would guess), it is HOT - too hot to
use, so when cold is mixed in, the pressure is fine.  Of course, even though
the heater has only about 8 ft. (almost 3 meters) of pipe between it and the
sink (all insulated), The water looses enough heat in the winter here
(Southern Oregon) that I have to turn the adjustment on the heater itself
all the way up.  The energy savings, I'm sure, are still quite substantial.
Oh yes, the building dept. here insisted I mount it on the outside of the
building, in a well ventilated AND heavily insulated(!) cabinet of it's own.
I still put a 60 watt bulb on a thermostat below the tank in the cabinet
just to be sure it doesn't freeze in winter...
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:38:53  
 hollen wrote:
>On Thu, 29 Aug 2002, Trkstr wrote:
>
>> Hi, has anyone tried this heater?
>>
>>
http://www.globaltownewarehouse.com/HomeProducts/technical/powerstream.htm
>>
>> Thanks, my concern is its so cheap compared to the others, but still has
the
>> 5 year warranty.
>> *-*SB or sb included in subject line to avoid the delete file*-*
>
>I would suggest that you get a demonstration of any instant water heater
>you are thinking of buying.  Where I work we have them in every restroom
>and all the break rooms and the volume they put out is pitiful.  If you
>turn the hot water on full, the volume you get is about 1/10th of what
>comes out of the cold tap.
>
>regards
>dion



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