My first post after reading Fine Homebuilding for several years!!
Just bought a 30 year old woodframed house on Vancouver Island, Canada. I am looking at adding a tankless electric water heater to supply hotwater to the kitchen, laundry room and powder room. Do any of you have experience with this kinda unit? Is it ok for supplying hotwater to dishwascher and laundry machine (not necessarily at the same time)? Any product recommendations?
Much appreciated and keep up the great discussions
Phil
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In general, tankless electric is not recommended, especially in a retrofit situation, since the current demand is apt to be higher than your electrical service can supply.