"Bill" wrote in message
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As you may know, an electric water heater can be 30% of your electric
bill...

Well I got to thinking... I have this nice woodstove which puts out a
lot of heat and it is always 80 to 100 degrees (F) next to the
woodstove.

Is there some way I can use this heat to "pre-heat" the water going
into my hot water heater????

Well I came up with an idea and tried it out. It works!

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I've done this before and did notice a difference in energy usage and in
recovery time.

Ken