Tankless water heaters

[laatsch55]

Does anyone have one installed and using it??

 

[Gepetto]

Does anyone have one installed and using it??

Ayup...

 

[laatsch55]

Joe, how many KW and do you like it??

 

[Gepetto]

oil fired and is in the water jacket of my Burnham boiler Lee.

 

[laatsch55]

I see, old school.

 

[Gepetto]

Even though oil is expensive, electricity in my town is even more expensive. Since it is tankless, it only draws on the burner when hot water is called for so not too bad.

 

[laatsch55]

Oil fired boiler.....what the heck does electricity go for per kwh there Joe???

 

[BlazeES]

Tankless water heaters are ass!

 

[VintageShadow]

Boilers are much convenient and less consuming, for instant heaters of that kind one needs a much powerful electrical wiring as long they take about 5-6 kwh i think instead 1.2 or 1.5kwh needed for a boiler, moreover they need a strong and secure grounding and many unpleasant things happened with those, a woman here was shocked during her daily showering bussiness falling out from the cabinet and getting a broken leg, arghhhh..

 

[mlucitt]

I have an oil-fired furnace here in Virginia. I love it until the oil truck shows up and pumps 200 gallons of jet fuel (at $3.69 a gallon) into the tank, but it lasts for about 3 months of winter. The water heater is electric and I often wondered if I should wrap a 20-30 of loops of 1/2" stainless steel tubing inside the furnace stack just for fun.

Mark

 

[laatsch55]

The 32KW unit requires 2-60amp duplex breakers, and I can do the electrical...

 

[BubbaH]

Should be a bit cheaper to run that way.

 

[Gepetto]

The 32KW unit requires 2-60amp duplex breakers, and I can do the electrical...

a 10 minute shower would cost $1.06 in my town...without considering the power to run the well pump.

 

[Web Police]

The 32KW unit requires 2-60amp duplex breakers, and I can do the electrical...

A shower here would cost about 54 cents. Since it is just me, I have a 40 gallon gas fired water heater hear and I never run out of hot water. Gas runs about $15 a month for my water heater, probably would be the same for a tankless water heater except for the initial cost and installation.

 

[mlucitt]

The 32KW unit requires 2-60amp duplex breakers, and I can do the electrical...

About the same as your copper WOAPL 1000...

Mark

 

[laatsch55]

LMOAO!!!!! Been missing that Mark!

 

[laatsch55]

a 10 minute shower would cost $1.06 in my town...without considering the power to run the well pump.

That's some pricey juice Joe. I think we're still around 8 cents perKWH

 

[Gepetto]

That's some pricey juice Joe. I think we're still around 8 cents perKWH

20 cents per KWh

 

[Web Police]

Slightly less then .10 per kwh here.

 

[Gepetto]

Slightly less then .10 per kwh here.

My rate includes all the taxes and fees that they sock you with these days. I think the base rate is 17 cents plus 3+ cents in other stuff.