RE: SB: instant hot water heaters?

[goshawk@gnat.net]

I use a "instant" hot water heater for my house. It's not a realy complex system.,

but basically, I have the hot water heater quite close to the shower, 
then split it there into two, one for the shower, and other, 
then split the other into two again, one for the bath room sink and one for the 

kitchen sink, then I spit the one for the bath room sink to the sink and to the
washer.   It works well for me as My usage ranges quite a bit. 
I may use more solar meathods in the summer as well as more cold water in the heat.

but on cloudy days and winter days, it comes in handy. 

Longest distance it runs from the hotwater heater is about 40 feet. The pipe is 

insulated however. (pipe is half inch copper). I paid about $400 for mine. forgot

the brand, I'd have to go home and look, but the company was out of Florida. 
I liked them cause the price was the same on all models, it's just the bigger 
ones use more energy and thus your choice was based on need rather than price 
of the heater. 

Mine is electric however and not gas. Gas is more effiecent but well for several

reasons, electric is easier. I plan on putting into a solor system and using 
it as back up only (cloudy days, cold days etc.)

Pat 
www.gypsyfarm.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?
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>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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