The crooked builder we dealt with over this house, originally had a tankless
water-heater in the house. We moved in in October and it was cold. The water
was a struggle.
Took forever to heat up, and a friend found the thermostat on it and turned it
up for us.
Continued to be and to get colder.
Builder came to look and said, oh, the breaker popped off.
Why we wondered, well, he explained, if you turn it up past this certain
temperature, the breaker automatically pops off.
We had him take it out and put in an electric water heater. He was probably
scamming us, charging us for that in the house, then putting in the other, and
so on, I really liked the idea of the tankless, but we couldn't have the
problems which came with it, at the time.
High stress, pregnant demanding wife, moving into a bad situation for us, and
just a bunch of junk.
I still wish it had worked.
Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: Betsy Whitney
To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Update on tankless waterheater
It's electric. Just the one wire. We switched from propane to the electric
instant tankless unit.
At 04:08 AM 9/28/2009, you wrote:
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>Betsy, did it require just the one wire or two and is this electric or
>gas?
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>tnx
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>On Sep 28, 2009, at 9:29 AM, Betsy Whitney wrote:
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> > Aloha everyone,
> > Sometime ago, I was asking about tankless waterheaters. We purchased
> > a Bosch, I hope that is the correct spelling. I had to have a #6
> > copper wire installed and a new breaker, but the breakerbox is in the
> > same room so it only took about 20 feet of wire. The tank produces
> > 4.5 gallons of hot water per minute. It took a bit of getting used to
> > not turning on cold water to mix with the hot, and I had visions of
> > my electric meter spinning itself off the wall. However, we have now
> > received 2 full months of bills, and both months were around $22
> > higher than our previous bills. This may sound like a lot, but it was
> > costing us about $100 per month for propane. And, the final answer
> > is, we love our new tank. It is interesting that we have the
> > temperature of the water much lower, around 108 degrees. Since we
> > don't mix cold water with it, it's perfect. All of my laundry soap
> > dissolves and I haven't wished for hotter water. We can also run the
> > shower and the kitchen faucet at the same time without a problem.
> > Betsy
> >
> > Teamwork: Together we achieve the extraordinary.
> >
> >
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