On Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:53:18 -0230, "Stormlady"
wrote:

I'm looking for opinions/advice on these. I've just purchased a house and
the current hot water boiler is in the closet in the child's room on the
second floor. Aside from the fact that this renders her closet practically
useless for hanging clothes, I'm concerned that if it leaks there's going to
be a huge mess with damage to her room/floor and the floor below.
Unfortunately due to the layout of the house (4 mini levels/split level in a
townhouse) and the location of the plumbing, there's nowhere else to put the
boiler so I was considering getting one of the tankless systems. I think
this could be installed in the crawl space under the 2nd level, (tank would
never fit in crawl space). The house is currently wired with 125 amp
service providing electric heat for 1200 square feet of living space with 2
adults and 2 small children living there. Is it feasible to install? Is
there anything else I should consider? Is 125 amp enough to run one of
these? This is my first house and I've owned it less than a week, so I know
nothing about anything when it comes to home renos/installs....

Any help appreciated
Heather


Hi Heather,

The short answer is no. Given that your home has electric heat (and
presumably all electric appliances), you would require a minimum of
200-amps.

Also note that whilst your service panel is said to be 125-amps, the
main breaker that feeds power to this panel is actually 100-amps.

Cheers,
Paul