Comments on: My hot water heater: 1984-2008 https://dfarq.homeip.net/my-hot-water-heater-1984-2008/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-hot-water-heater-1984-2008 David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sun, 16 Jul 2017 01:34:13 +0000 hourly 1 By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/my-hot-water-heater-1984-2008/#comment-5842 Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:47:26 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1772#comment-5842 In reply to Anonymous.

I have gas appliances. Electric actually may not have been as big of a deal, as I have extra circuits I’m not using. But with gas, you need a bigger pipe, which I didn’t have.

I ended up going with a conventional unit. It will pay for itself too, and after it does, I can re-investigate if need be.

I’m sure the hot water heater isn’t the only thing that’s needlessly costing me $150 a year, so I’ll spend the next 10 years finding those.

]]> By: Anonymous https://dfarq.homeip.net/my-hot-water-heater-1984-2008/#comment-5840 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:02:25 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=1772#comment-5840 Dave, check the electrical requirements for the tankless model. I think that when I was looking at them recently, they had some real big power draws (read: extra circuits needed). Not a terrible problem when you’re building a new place, but a potential deal-killer if you’re upgrading.

Of course, if you’re going gas instead of electric, you can ignore this comment.

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