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yankeesouth
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2013 09:59
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Reading the post about the tankless hot water heaters got me thinking.... How hot is the rise in water from those units? My place is a mountain property that is fed by a deep well system. Once I turn the water on in early spring the water coming into the cabin is probably around, sorta, kinda, 40 degrees-ish. How warm would the hot water get running through one of those on demand or propane fed hot water systems? When management (aka: wife) comes to the cabin she likes a pretty warm shower. I am probably going to be in the market for a water heater in the next couple of years and was thinking about installing one of those on-demand, plug into a standard outlet units. No hardwire and no 220 line. If someone has one.....do they work? Will a shower get hot?
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Anonymous
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:23
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look at the specs for each heater they are are all different and temp rise varies with water flow, some cheap ones are not so hot with cold cold incoming water
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yankeesouth
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2013 10:48
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I've read them....Some say 30 degree rise some say 50.....I am looking for peoples actual real world results/experiences.
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wakeslayer
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:00
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I want to say our water comes out at 45*to 50*. For taking a shower, I can have it all the way on hot in the winter time and it is perfect. Summertime not quite all the way on.
My holding tank is below ground in the shade, and is fed by a 225' deep well.
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yankeesouth
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:17 - Edited by: yankeesouth
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Thanks Wake...if you don't mind me asking .......what kind of unit do you have? Hate to say it but I'm looking for ease of use. Hook up the water lines then plug in.
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wakeslayer
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# Posted: 15 Mar 2013 12:20 - Edited by: wakeslayer
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I have a Takagi Jr. They are about $650. You need to have an AC plug in, as mentioned in another current thread. It is a vented unit, extremely reliable, easy to winterize. We love it.
This is a newer version of the one I have.
Takagi Jr
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hebegbz
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# Posted: 16 Mar 2013 00:17
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We have a a small propane Bosch water heater and it never let's us down.
In the winter, the water is 35-45 and it is still scalding at the tap. In the summer we have to turn it wayyyyyyy down.
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yankeesouth
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# Posted: 16 Mar 2013 15:34
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that's what I like to hear.......heb.....thanks. is yours the one that plugs into the wall, hard wired, or propane?
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hebegbz
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# Posted: 16 Mar 2013 22:37
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We are off grid, so it is propane.
It hangs on the back of the cabin by two big screws. The lines have unions on them so i can easily remove the unit and bring it inside if needed. Runs for a couple of months on a 20lb tank with normal household usage.
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rayyy
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# Posted: 18 Mar 2013 14:08
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Iv'e found that with my Eccotemp L5,in the dead of winter when the incomming water is in the high 30's,low 40's,I have to throttle down the flow through the heater to a barely moving state to get hot enough water to shower in.It does it,though.As long as the little spinning wheel in the heater senses flow,it fires up.The water's probably around 100 degrees F.
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