A combination will _really_ help. If the ondemand is heating the water from 100 degrees to 130, that is a lot easier than from 45 to 130.
One of the real savings of the ondemand heat is not having to run gallons of tepid water out the drain to get the temperature right. On 1/8/07, So Kenfused <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does this really matter when using a traditional water heater? > > Say you have a fairly average 40 gallon water heater. It is kicking on > and off all day long trying to keep water at the desired temp. You use 8 > gallons taking a shower, the first gallon is water in the pipes that is > probably in the walls. So now you are adding 7 gallons of cold water over > several mintes to 30 plus gallons of hot water. How much does this matter > compared to the cost of implementing such a system? > > Wouldn't you be better of replacing your water heater with an on demand > system? > > Does anyone here have experience with onn demand systems? I am looking at > replacing my water heater in the next month or two and would like more > information concerning on demand systems from someone other than a sales > person. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224027 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
