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Default Tankless water heaters -- inneresting take.

On Mon, 4 Feb 2013 08:57:50 -0800 (PST), "
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On Feb 4, 11:38*am, "Attila Iskander"
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"HeyBub" wrote in message

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Attila Iskander wrote:


And do they actually suck water from downstream to pump it back into
the dam ??


Yes. In California a few years ago, during one of their periods of energy
scarcity, several generating stations pumped water back into the resevoir
during off-peak hours (night). The California equivalent of a
perpetual-motion machine.


And where did they get the power to run those "pumps" ?


I would imagine it comes from some of the water flowing
through the generator, which would be the most logical source.


Ah, thermodynamics repealed!