On Mar 17, 7:40Â*pm, " wrote:
On Mar 17, 7:25�pm, Jim Redelfs wrote:





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" wrote:
geez my 50 gallon 75K BTU tank serves us very well, and frankly the
projected savings isnt worth the draw backs

I'm all with you on loyalty to a TANK water heater but would you please
check the tag on your heater. �I would LOVE to have that sort of input
(ultra-high recovery!) on a "mere" 50-gallon tank. �Looking around,
anything with that high of BTU requires a larger tank.

I replaced my heater a couple years ago with a new State Select 50-gal
with 40k BTU input. �It works FINE. �The only time I consider the waste
heat as truly wasted is when the air conditioning is running. �I have a
bi-metal flue damper that addresses much, if not all, of the issue of
heat wasted up the flue.

As for the issue of waiting for hot water to arrive at the tap: �There
is a wait interval for BOTH technologies, isn't there?
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JR

my tank is a 50 gallon 75,000 BTU model they are made but arent as
common as lower BTU models its first hour is 108 gallons and energy
guide 171 bucks a year.

my old 40 gallon 34,000 BTU wasnt enough for us, and we didnt have the
physical space for any larger than 50 gallons, originally i wanted 75
gallons.

our current tank was installed in november 2000.

the wait time for tankless is longer, in both cases you have to use up
the cooled water in the lines but the tankless needs time to realize
water is on and trn on burner.

I have thought about getting a tankless to feed a regular tank.
operating costs would be the same, andthe tankless act as a pre heater.- Hide quoted text -

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If you used the old tank as a pre tempering tank, stripped the casing
and insulation and let the house air to preheat it you would save alot
more, if you used the tankless before the tank you would have to run 2
units, you would loose this way. I use my old electric to temper the
water but I left the insulation on so savings are not much if anything
in everyday use.