Al wrote:
WHY? Can you be more specific?
wrote in message
ups.com...

tankless poor choice in many areas


Cost of tank including new gas line, electric outlet and possibly Flue
will likely exceed the energy saved over the life of the tank.

tasnkless only warranteed for 10 years, regular tanks last about that
long.

so as a example a tankless for $1200 or a regular tank for $400 their
warranty life about the same.

That means that you would need to save 800 bucks on gas over the life
of the tank before you save one cent in actual costs. to pay back the
initial investment.

Now in regular tanks today the foam insulation makes standby losses
low, I have turned off a tank and had a nice hot shower a day later.
while doing some remodeling here.

If your tank lives indoors in a part of the country that needs heat in
the winter the stanby losses help heat your home so they really arent
losses at all for maybe 1/2 the year.....

so double your tankless payback period.

now the fellow who loves his tankless... sounds like he lves in florida
where oudoor temps dont freeze hard in the winter.

A tankless in the summer may work fine, when the incoming water temp is
65 degrees, in the winter with incoming at 40 degrees showers may be
shiver sessions.