USFishin
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I know the general consensus here is against tankless electric water heaters. I think I’ve got a unique situation here though. What do you think…
I live in the Tampa Bay area so it looks like the average water temp is somewhere in the mid 70’s. Currently my electric tank water heater is about 6 feet from my electrical panel. I know I’ll need to upgrade my electrical service. I am an electrical engineer and plan on asking the Siemens or Square D rep for a “sample” panel and breakers to upgrade my service. I am also planning on adding a tankless under my kitchen sink (for the sink and dishwasher) because of the distance from the water heater. I’m going to add the tankless under the kitchen sink whether I do a whole-house tankless or not. So the whole-house tankless will run 3 showers and 4 sinks. We have 2 adults in the house and a baby. My wife luckily doesn’t take very long showers like some females like to take. So the whole-house tankless won’t run very often.
So assuming minimal installation cost (just a little wire and plumbing parts) I have two scenarios…
1) I can just add a tankless under my kitchen sink and keep my tank heater (it doesn’t need to be replaced yet but will soon, 15 yrs old now). Replace the tank heater with another when it dies.
2) Or I can add the tankless under the kitchen sink and replace my tank heater with a tankless to serve the 3 showers and 4 sinks.
Thoughts?
(EDIT: both of my options were the same thing, duh!)
I live in the Tampa Bay area so it looks like the average water temp is somewhere in the mid 70’s. Currently my electric tank water heater is about 6 feet from my electrical panel. I know I’ll need to upgrade my electrical service. I am an electrical engineer and plan on asking the Siemens or Square D rep for a “sample” panel and breakers to upgrade my service. I am also planning on adding a tankless under my kitchen sink (for the sink and dishwasher) because of the distance from the water heater. I’m going to add the tankless under the kitchen sink whether I do a whole-house tankless or not. So the whole-house tankless will run 3 showers and 4 sinks. We have 2 adults in the house and a baby. My wife luckily doesn’t take very long showers like some females like to take. So the whole-house tankless won’t run very often.
So assuming minimal installation cost (just a little wire and plumbing parts) I have two scenarios…
1) I can just add a tankless under my kitchen sink and keep my tank heater (it doesn’t need to be replaced yet but will soon, 15 yrs old now). Replace the tank heater with another when it dies.
2) Or I can add the tankless under the kitchen sink and replace my tank heater with a tankless to serve the 3 showers and 4 sinks.
Thoughts?
(EDIT: both of my options were the same thing, duh!)
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