On Dec 10, 10:52�pm, "tom" wrote:
"James Sweet" wrote in message

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Steve Barker DLT wrote:
i hope you're trying to be funny. �You could run a pilot light for a year
on about a dime. �You're certainly not going over the gas companies
minimum with one.

s

I've seen quotes of 5-15 therms per month, I don't know if this has been
reduced significantly on modern equipment but at $1.30 or so per therm
that I pay that works out to at least $78 per year, which is considerably
more than "about a dime"! Is this accurate?

" The exact cost of operating the pilot light will depend on the design of
the heater and price of gas, but could range from $12 to $20 per year"

http://www.tankless-water-heater.net...aters-cost.htm

newer water heaters have much smaller pilot light flames