CleanSC
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Morning fellas. I searched for this but oddly no takers...
I purchased a house that has a Titan electric tankless unit (ugh) installed in place of the original tank water heater. The extent of the electrical upgrade was changing the breaker from 30 to 60 amps. The original 10 gauge wire was NOT changed. Yes, that's right. They only swapped the breaker and left the old 30-amp wiring in place. Apparently the lowest bidder is just that for a reason. The breaker is quite a ways from the WH location so he skipped it. Nice.
Anyhow I pulled the disconnect on that the day we closed. It's been dead ever since. I want to replace the tankless with a new tank unit as originally designed.
Home Depot sells three Rheem models. Here's how they stack up in the 40-gallon flavor:
Performance: 6/1 year, copper elements, no exterior controls or lights. $278
Performance Plus: 9/2 year, copper elements, exterior LED element indicators. $348
Performance Platinum: 12/3 year, Stainless Steel Elements, full LCD screen and temp control. $448
As far as I can tell, besides the above they are otherwise the same. Which would you get for your house? Is the stainless element unit worth that premium? My buying style is usually the best, once, and be done with it. But I am also on a budget so money *is* an object. If the stainless unit will in fact be better, I'll do it. I put no value on the LCD displays and other gadgetry. Altho the on board diagnostics on it are nice.
What say you? Are there better choices elsewhere?
Thanks, all!
I purchased a house that has a Titan electric tankless unit (ugh) installed in place of the original tank water heater. The extent of the electrical upgrade was changing the breaker from 30 to 60 amps. The original 10 gauge wire was NOT changed. Yes, that's right. They only swapped the breaker and left the old 30-amp wiring in place. Apparently the lowest bidder is just that for a reason. The breaker is quite a ways from the WH location so he skipped it. Nice.
Anyhow I pulled the disconnect on that the day we closed. It's been dead ever since. I want to replace the tankless with a new tank unit as originally designed.
Home Depot sells three Rheem models. Here's how they stack up in the 40-gallon flavor:
Performance: 6/1 year, copper elements, no exterior controls or lights. $278
Performance Plus: 9/2 year, copper elements, exterior LED element indicators. $348
Performance Platinum: 12/3 year, Stainless Steel Elements, full LCD screen and temp control. $448
As far as I can tell, besides the above they are otherwise the same. Which would you get for your house? Is the stainless element unit worth that premium? My buying style is usually the best, once, and be done with it. But I am also on a budget so money *is* an object. If the stainless unit will in fact be better, I'll do it. I put no value on the LCD displays and other gadgetry. Altho the on board diagnostics on it are nice.
What say you? Are there better choices elsewhere?
Thanks, all!