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Try this: <a href="http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/3499_648_5806">http://www.energyfederation.org/consumer/default.php/cPath/3499_648_5806</a><BR>
Instead of plastechh bubble wrap, made of recycled denim and foil.<BR>
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On 12/3/14 6:31 PM, "Reuben Deumling" <<a href="9watts@gmail.com">9watts@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>I've never been. Avoid HD like the plague. I'd be surprised if they had them, though, given the reasons I was told by everyone short of the big box staff. <BR>
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On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 3:26 PM, Matt Dirksen <<a href="dirksengreen@gmail.com">dirksengreen@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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> On Dec 3, 2014, at 2:09 PM, Reuben Deumling <<a href="9watts@gmail.com">9watts@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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> ...having called every plumbing supply place I know of I keep striking out. I get every conceivable answer as to why they don't stock/can't sell me a water heater blanket. What is up with this?<BR>
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> My reason for wanting one is that if you spec a 120V 20 gal electric tank they only come with 1" of insulation, and even if they had employed NASA's super duper high-R-value foam which I am quite certain they did not, since bumping down from the 2" of foam they spec on the equivalent 240V models is surely a cost saving measure pure and simply, I would very much like to improve the heat retention capabilities of this little fellow.<BR>
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> Any suggestions?<BR>
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> Does anyone sell fiberglass batts encased in a sleeve that could be made to suit this purpose? The water heater is only 25" tall and 60" in circumference.<BR>
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> Thanks very much.<BR>
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