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Go tankless!!
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The newer water heaters are much better insulated so I imagine the extra energy costs (of maintaining another 10 gals of hot water) are relatively small.
There are some real drawbacks to tankless units from the brief research I did when we had to replace our water heater a couple of months ago (went for the 50, no regrets thus far.) Can't remember the details but it's worth reading the pros AND cons.
There are some real drawbacks to tankless units from the brief research I did when we had to replace our water heater a couple of months ago (went for the 50, no regrets thus far.) Can't remember the details but it's worth reading the pros AND cons.
Is there a significant advantage to you of heating that extra 10 gallons of water every time? If you're really using close to 40 gallons of hot water in a short period of time, then you probably might as well go to 50.
Otherwise, any incremental cost is just throwing money away.
Otherwise, any incremental cost is just throwing money away.
Oy people!!!!! the energy cost for a 50 gallon water heater is less than 300.00 a year! How much are you going to save by going with a 40? or a tankless for that matter? Fifty bucks?
Be comfortable and stop obsessing!
Be comfortable and stop obsessing!
Thanks all. Plungy - that is exactly the info that I needed. 50 gal it is.
plungy,
Why get more than you need? No matter what it costs, it's wasted energy.
Unless you noticed a problem with your existing 40-gal running out of hot water regularly, there's no need to go for a 50-gal model.
Just wasteful.
Why get more than you need? No matter what it costs, it's wasted energy.
Unless you noticed a problem with your existing 40-gal running out of hot water regularly, there's no need to go for a 50-gal model.
Just wasteful.
We have a son who is spending the semester abroad, studying in Ghana. Much of the time he is there, housing is provided as a "home stay" with families who take the students in for a few weeks. About three weeks ago, one of his e-mails described how he had learned to bathe each morning using the equivalent of four or five cups of water.
I'm agnostic on larger water heaters (if you have a large family and a lot of laundry, it can be a big help), but the kinds of severe restrictions on water consumption already evident in several southern states, coupled with our son's observations from a country where water is personally acquired each morning, make it a bit harder than before to just super-size our lives. No one decision is so big, but taken together, maybe they are.
I'm agnostic on larger water heaters (if you have a large family and a lot of laundry, it can be a big help), but the kinds of severe restrictions on water consumption already evident in several southern states, coupled with our son's observations from a country where water is personally acquired each morning, make it a bit harder than before to just super-size our lives. No one decision is so big, but taken together, maybe they are.
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