On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 14:58:02 -0500, Harry Everhart
wrote:

I have 4 options -
1. Replace the electric water heaters with gas ones - the city gives you
a $450 credit for each electric water heater you swap out.

How would this help? The water is going to take the exact same amount
of time to flow whether you heat it with electric gas or oil.

2. Buy two on-demand electric water heaters and put one in a bathroom
and one in the kitchen.

You would need a pretty big unit for the bathroom if you use it for
the shower. If its just for a sink a small one will work very well.
You do have to run wiring to them and the shower size units pull a
considerable amount of power requiring a larger cable.

3. I can run copper pipes overhead and try to get hot water from the
laundry to the bathrooms.

Excellent idea.

4. Just leave it the way it is - both water heaters work fine - but it
take about three minutes for the shower to get hot.
Harry

Always an option but I like #3 better.


Steve B.