On Jul 29, 5:17*pm, JIMMIE wrote:
I was thinking of replacing my NG water heater with one of the new
tankless ones until I saw the price, about 2K bucks installed. I took
a look at my gas bill for the summer months and figure my current
water heater is costing me about $220 a year to operated and from the
manufacturere info I could save 10 to 20 per cent if I got with the
tankless unit or 22 to 44 dollars a year. Am I missing something here?
This doesnt seem worthwhile at all. The thing would probably need
replacing before I ever reached a break even point.

Jimmie

Tankless work best in situations where there is little usage. One or
two people that travel a lot for example. If you use hot water
everyday and have a number of people living in your house then the
regular tank is the way to go. Sort of a middle ground is a timer
switch that turns off your hot water tank during part of the day. My
wife and I had one of those in our twonhouse in dc when we were both
dinks. Lots of days we hardly used the hot water except in the
morning.