On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 14:13:14 +0000,
lid (cthorne111) wrote:

Gas is not available here, electric is the only option. I couldn't
find an electric that would seem to do the job with only one unit.
Plus from what I know there is a limit of 60 amps for any one
breaker. So one 80 amp would be out of the question. I was just
wondering if anyone has the double electric design and if it works
well with cold incoming water temps.


Don't forget to figure your operating costs. Let's say you have two
10 kWh units plumbed with the water line in series or 20 kWh total.

Let's estimate that a 10 minute shower will use 1/6 of the 20 kWh or
3.34 kWh per 10 minute shower.

If you are fortunate to live in say... Washington State, then you
might be paying 8 cents per kWh , in which case that 10 minute shower
would cost you $0.27 for that 10 minute shower.

In a high utility expense place like Vermont, electricity is something
like $0.14 per hour, so your 10 minute shower would cost you $0.47

Hopefully the utility company won't charge you a demand charge for
that 20 kWh that

Beachcomber