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Richard J Kinch
 
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Default Power cost of idle electric water heater

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How do you calculate this 75% savings?


He went from electric to gas, which is 67 percent savings in itself.

Then he used government estimates instead of actual usage. He didn't meter
the old or the new unit. This is important, since tankless is inherently
less thermodynamically efficient.