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Nick: Please stop misleading people with your erroneous advice. We all know your prejudice against both tankless heaters & tankless drain water heat recovery systems that can deliver Energy Factors well above that offered by the kinds of water heaters you promote.<BR>
Carmine<BR>
gfxechnology.com <BR> <BR>
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From: npyner@tig.com.au<BR>To: greenbuilding@lists.bioenergylists.org<BR>Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:37:24 +1000<BR>Subject: Re: [Greenbuilding] Opinions on electric tankless HW heaters?<BR><BR>
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<DIV><SPAN class=ecx812552523-18042011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Instant electric is usually the last choice on economic and environmental grounds.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=ecx812552523-18042011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>I doubt that Rheem would make them. Another manufacturer that does is Stiebel Eltron. They have some pretty sophisticated models but they are expensive and probably no more efficient than their simpler ones. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=ecx812552523-18042011><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial>Even a small instant electric will take about 13kW, so retrofitting one may call for some expensive wiring.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial></FONT><BR><FONT size=2>Nick Pyner<BR><BR>Dee Why NSW </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr class=ecxOutlookMessageHeader align=left><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>On Behalf Of </B>Matt <BR><BR></FONT></DIV>I have clients who might be ideal candidates for a tankless hw heater. They don't have natural gas in their home. I have installed gas tankless, but don't have any experience with electric tankless heaters. I will need to size one for a family of two to four.
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<DIV>Any opinions out there? Bosch? Rinnai? Rheem?... </DIV>
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