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In misc.industry.utilities.electric Phil Sherrod
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I once was favoring tankless instant heat. But now I'm looking at that as
only a backup, if at all.

I love the idea behind tankless heaters. But when you can buy a tanked
heater for a couple hundred bucks (Sears) and a "whole house" tankless
heater that delivers 5 gpm can run a grand (Lehman's) and the most that
$700-$800 difference can save you is the standby losses of maybe $5/month,
it just doesn't seem worthwhile, especially if you throw financing costs for
the difference into consideration. Don't know how much installation costs
differ, if at all.