[2manyfbods]

Yeah, it's a little off the usual topic content but, My Hot water heater is starting to go. I would prefer to change it before it quits completely.

I've done some research on tankless water heaters but, I would like to here feedback on those of you that have them. I live in the phoenix area so, ground water rarely gets below 45-50 degrees and I have a 200amp service panel. I only have electric

Thanks !


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[Torque]

My parents had one professionally installed when their conventional model expired. They were pitched the efficiency story which made some sense given it's a 2nd home. Every service in the house provides the user a different experience. The kitchen sink takes forever to get warm and it may get hot but I've never had the patience to wait long enough to tell for sure. Several of the showers have restricted flow heads and you WILL NOT get hot water unless you let the hot water run in the tub for a while (unrestricted flow). It will get extremely hot if you have enough flow (i.e. in the tub) but if you flip over to the shower head.... it'll go cold again sometimes on you and then you have to open up the tub faucet again to get it hot. Seems like the unit does a poor job of measuring when it needs to be on/off, perhaps an adjustment can be made? All in all I'd say this install completely blows and it would be extremely difficult to convince anyone in my family (or any guest that has stayed here) to go that route again. They'll be installing a tank unit again soon. This is a gas system.

As far as the efficiency is concerned, a friend of mine's brother was convinced the tankless unit he was going to install was going to single handedly cut the US's dependance on foreign energy sources. My buddy doubted him. They made a bet, figured out some way to measure gas consumption over several days of equal use. The old tank system proved to be about 15% more efficient. This was also a gas system.

Perhaps is an entire facility's plumbing is designed around tankless..... they may work better. Otherwise, I'd probably steer clear.