Who has a tankless hot water heater?

[TimeForWasp]

I just put a propane (Marey) brand 3.1 gpm unit in my travel trailer. I absolutely love this thing. So tired of walking across the park to use their bathroom. I picked it up on Ebay (new) for $219. I have been doing hillbilly mods to this old travel trailer big time. really love this tankless water heater. I also put a used pellet stove in. Love that too. I put my skirting on and I'm ready for a North Idaho winter. I know . "Who gives a shit" but I guess I'm easily amused.

[R8RFAN]

Originally Posted by Touchdown Kansas City !!!

I just put a propane (Marey) brand 3.1 gpm unit in my travel trailer. I absolutely love this thing. So tired of walking across the park to use their bathroom. I picked it up on Ebay (new) for $219. I have been doing hillbilly mods to this old travel trailer big time. really love this tankless water heater. I also put a used pellet stove in. Love that too. I put my skirting on and I'm ready for a North Idaho winter. I know . "Who gives a shit" but I guess I'm easily amused.

I like to read stuff like that... catch a bunch

[Rain Man]

I'm going to sound like a nut job when I say this, but remember that I'm a child of the Cold War.

I kind of like having a tank in the house, because if there's some sort of major emergency it's a good water supply for a couple of days.

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm going to sound like a nut job when I say this, but remember that I'm a child of the Cold War.

I kind of like having a tank in the house, because if there's some sort of major emergency it's a good water supply for a couple of days.

Then run your cold water supply through a recirculating tank that doesn't cost $400 a year to heat.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Then run your cold water supply through a recirculating tank that doesn't cost $400 a year to heat.

How interesting.

Wait. What does that mean? What does a recirculating tank do?

Originally Posted by Rain Man

How interesting.

Wait. What does that mean? What does a recirculating tank do?

Same thing a water heater does except it doesn't heat. Holds water in-line for use and storage but you use it so it doesn't get nasty.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Phobia

Same thing a water heater does except it doesn't heat. Holds water in-line for use and storage but you use it so it doesn't get nasty.

I want one of those.

[TimeForWasp]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm going to sound like a nut job when I say this, but remember that I'm a child of the Cold War.

I kind of like having a tank in the house, because if there's some sort of major emergency it's a good water supply for a couple of days.

Solution- fill a tank with water.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Touchdown Kansas City !!!

Solution- fill a tank with water.

I never thought about this, but an inground swimming pool would work great for that purpose. The only challenge is that my yard is not much bigger than most inground swimming pools.

[A Salt Weapon]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm going to sound like a nut job when I say this, but remember that I'm a child of the Cold War.

I kind of like having a tank in the house, because if there's some sort of major emergency it's a good water supply for a couple of days.

Not at all, it's a great idea to have available potable water available. One thing I recommend to people if their existing tank isn't leaking, is to have it before the on-demand and have the breaker off, this functions as a storage tank that slightly increases the inlet temp of the on-demand and allows greater water flow. Also functions as available drinking water, just make sure to filter the water if you take it out of the bottom of the tank as the sediment can be pretty gross.

In the case of no gas, you can turn on the breaker and have hot water.

Install an isolation valve kit with any on-demand unit. Rinnai is including them into the units now.

[Dave Lane]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm going to sound like a nut job when I say this, but remember that I'm a child of the Cold War.

I kind of like having a tank in the house, because if there's some sort of major emergency it's a good water supply for a couple of days.

Get a 40 gallon pressure tank not only will it have 40 gallons of water for you but it will also give you pressure even if you lose water pressure. You'll have 40 gallons worth of pressure before you actually have to do something.

[WV]

The expense of Propane turned me from installing one. If I had Natural gas I would have been all over a tankless gas water heater.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by WV

The expense of Propane turned me from installing one. If I had Natural gas I would have been all over a tankless gas water heater.

Propane is actually cheaper to operate than natural gas.

[R8RFAN]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

Propane is actually cheaper to operate than natural gas.

But more dangerous

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by R8ers

But more dangerous

How do you figure?