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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=062302723-29122011>I'm
not really interested in this but I did have look at the website and, while I
guess Hydro Quebec is a reputable outfit, what they are derscribing has all the
smell of a scam. The description of the functions of the elements seems strange.
The most bizarre is the patch telling us that the currently available version
has the cold inlet at the bottom of the tank. I wonder where the inlet is going
to be on the next version.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=062302723-29122011>It
raises two questions:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=062302723-29122011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=062302723-29122011>Is
this the first time they have produced a tank with an element at the
top?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=062302723-29122011></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=062302723-29122011>Don't
they have off-peak tariffs in Quebec?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Nick Pyner<BR><BR>Dee Why NSW </FONT></P>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org
[mailto:greenbuilding-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Richard Garbary<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, 30 December 2011 10:02
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Green Building<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Greenbuilding] Low powered
(wattage) water heaters availablethrough Hydro Quebec<BR><BR></FONT></DIV><A
href="http://www.hydroquebec.com/residential/chauffe-eau-trois-elements/fonctionnement.html">http://www.hydroquebec.com/residential/chauffe-eau-trois-elements/fonctionnement.html</A>
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