On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:12:24 -0700, "Malcom \"Mal\" Reynolds"
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On Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:59:31 -0500, Steve Barker
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On 6/5/2011 2:44 PM, Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
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bob wrote:

Much of a standard tanks losses go to heat the home in winter so they
really arent losses at all.

They also heat the home in the summer (creating additional load on your AC)

Actually, the standby losses go up the flue, so neither is true for the most part.

Let me guess. One of you has a gas WH and the other electric?

does that somehow change the standby losses?
Only in that no standby losses would go up the stack with electric.-
and there is no "pilot" standby loss with electric OR electronic
ignition gas units. (which mine is NOT.)