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Supplemental Water Heater?
I just had a new Jacuzzi installed as part of a bathroom remodel and
find that my 50 gallon hot water heater does not have sufficient capacity to fill it with hot water so I am looking for possible solutions. The current gas hot water heater is only two-years old and, except for the jacuzzi, provides plenty of hot water for my wife and me so I am reluctant to just replace it. The other thing to factor in is that we had a recirculating pump in the line to the bathroom because it is a long run from the hot water heater and took a very long time to get hot water up there. Now it is instant. The reason I mention this is that I understand that supplemental units usually turn on when there is water flow in the line and I would not like to have a supplemental unit running all the time. Are there supplemental heating units that would work in this situation? Perhaps ones that turn on only when the temperature in the line drops below a set limit? Any help or suggestions for making this work would be greatly appreciated. I know that I could just replace the current unit with an 80 gallon tank but that seems a waste of money and energy since the Jacuzzi will not be used a lot. Thanks in advance - Joel |
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