Tankless Hot Water Heaters Questions

Robert11 · 2004-11-06T17:28:06+00:00

Hello:Have been looking at homes lately, and find that many are usingtankless water heaters for supplying the hot water faucets in the home.Know nothing about how these works, or their pros and cons.I can figure out how the electric models work, I think, but howdo the gas and oil ones operate ?I had a very old house once that had a tankless water heater on the regularhome furnace. I'm not sure if the heat from the furnace, or some of thewaterused for the forced hot water heating system was on the primary side of thisheat exchanger.Just out of curiosity which was most likely ?a. Any explanations on how my old one probably functioned, and how the newones do now would be most appreciated.b. are they generally considered to be cheaper to operate than the standalone tank types (I live in the Northeast) ?c. are they very popular these days ?d. pros and cons ?Much thanks,Bob

Nov 06, 2004 22 Replies

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Robert Rolleston 21 years ago

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m Ransley 21 years ago

So they save money and have a Lifetime warranty against leaking.

Lifetime eh, looks like there won`t be a company around to back zip , but maybe you know that and are just unloading stock, You have BS ed on everything else.

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Robert Rolleston 21 years ago

This is for all you people out there that are against Electric Tankless Water Heaters. These will be available from Stiebel Eltron at the end of

2004. I will be adding this beast to my must have list. Along with maybe another 200 amp panel to power it.

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