On Thursday, January 31, 2013 12:18:10 PM UTC-8, chaniarts wrote:
On 1/31/2013 12:22 PM, The Daring Dufas wrote:

On 1/31/2013 12:58 PM, Percival P. Cassidy wrote:

On 01/31/13 10:25 am, Attila Iskander wrote:



http://www.waterheaterrescue.com/pag...r-heaters.html









Now, this guy sells anodes'n'**** for tanks, but I found his take

level-headed.

The raw thermodynamics of tankless -- esp. gas tankless -- puts one

big strike against tankless from the gitgo.



Funny how tankless heaters have been around for more than 50 years in

Europe and are the primary mode of providing hot water to households

One has to wonder why something that has had 50+ years of daily usage in

a large parts of the world would allegedly be so far back technically as

the author claims.



Do you mean tankless for *central* water heating in Europe? I do recall

some people having what was called a "Geyser" (trade name?) over the

kitchen sink when I was a child in the UK, but I don't know whether they

had any other hot-water supply for other rooms.



The only water heaters my family ever had were associated with an

always-burning solid-fuel stove (an "Aga") or later a gas-fired boiler

for central heating and hot-water supply, with an electric element in

the storage tank for use in the summer.



Perce



I've noticed in pictures, a water heater inside the bathroom showers of

places in Europe. It appeared to be an electric unit right above the

shower head. ^_^



TDD



that's generally the hold house/apt water heater. time to get to the

shower head is minimal, but can take longer to get elsewhere in the

house. since these are retrofitted to very old places, that's frequently

one of the only places it can go.

That’s usually because they have their balconies closed-off to make more living space and they can’t afford to have a plumber run lines to it anyway let alone have the lines enclosed so that the apartment doesn’t look like a machine room. The really funny thing is when they come to the U.S. they usually buy the same type of dinky condos that they left behind. Un-f’n-believable.