[Greenbuilding] Old Nuclear Power Plants? RE: Give Me Your Old, Your Tired, Your Stinky and Energy Inefficient....

[Nick Pyner]

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From: greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org
[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces at lists.bioenergylists.org]On Behalf Of
Richard Garbary
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I would like to see the hourly charts from a tankless household.

The costs associated with coping with demand loads from tankless water
heaters is greater than the costs associated with thermal losses from
tank type water heaters.
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I guess it's not hard to work out what the chart would look like - another
15kW, or more, step every time somebody takes a shower. The only way anybody
can use a tankless electric heater with a clear conscience is by rigorously
promising to use it only with off-peak power, and even then it might be a
bit shakey.

The current controversy raging around here about power costs, is mostly to
do with the infrastructure investment required to meet demand spikes, which
has boiled down to poles, wires, and substations.  As part of that, electric
tankless has been banned in new construction for some years.


Nick Pyner

Dee Why   NSW