Hi, I have a version of "on-demand" hot water which is that my domestic hot-water (showers, sinks etc) is attached to the hot water boiler that heats one wing of the house (a rambling farm house converted to 4 apartments). A storage tank is attached to an indirect coil that heats the domestic hot water. The boiler is a very efficient Munchkin. It is on propane.
While the hot water heat is only in three rooms, the domestic hot water is used in 4 kitchens, 4 bathrooms, and a shared washing machine. And we never run out of hot water (3 years). However this only makes sense if you're also heating with hot water. You may be able to add an indirect coil to an existing boiler if you already heat with hot water. I had just put in a new conventional hot water heater the year before, and it was still worth switching to the indirect coil on the new boiler I was installing. Margaret >Hello, >I am new to the list. It was suggested to me that someone here may >be able to help me with some questions regarding whole house on >demand hot water heaters and what it is like to live with one. I am >in the process of deciding what to replace my older propane fired >tank hot water heater with and am looking at a whole house on demand >heater as one of the options. > >Thanks, >Rebecca >_______________________________________________ >RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: >[email protected] >http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins >free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org _______________________________________________ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
