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   shelternerd | Mar 02, 2007 07:57am | #1

   We've been using the Rinnai's for about 5 years in numerous houses and never had a dis-satisfied customer. I have one in my own house. Very pleased.

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   john7g | Mar 02, 2007 03:38pm | #3

   Gas or Electric?

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   shelternerd | Mar 02, 2007 04:35pm | #4

   Propane------------------

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   plumbbill | Mar 02, 2007 10:17am | #2

   Some more information is needed.

   I think tankless water heaters have their place, but are not always the best deal for every situation.

   What is your current set up, how many people live in your house, & what is your hot water usage.

   Do you have gas or electricity?

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   howardroark | Mar 02, 2007 05:08pm | #5

   4 faucets, 2 showers, 1 dishwasher, 1 clothes washer.
   Existing tank is 50 gals and has always provided enough hot water.
   Natural gas fuel supply.
   Ontario location.

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   shelternerd | Mar 02, 2007 05:11pm | #6

   I run all that plus several radiant loops off a single gas Rinnai.------------------

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   plumbbill | Mar 02, 2007 09:00pm | #9

   I should have specified my question more to , how many showers are taken a day, how many loads of laundry, dishes etc.......

   In your first post you said not enough hot water, then in post 6 you said it has worked fine.

   So I am under the impression that "not enough hot water" is something that has just started. So there is either a change in usage habits or a problem with the tank.

   Where tankless out perform tanks is on standing loss, & series usage.

   In other words tankless don't have a heat loss of sitting idle for long periods of time, & they don't run out of hot water with usage after usage after usage ( no tank to have too re-heat).

   Now if all your usage is at one time you have to get a unit that can handle the increased flow, or you end up with luke warm water being distributed all over.

   Switching to a tankless from a tank can be expensive & depending on the situation you might never recoup the added cost going to tankless.

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   IdahoDon | Mar 02, 2007 07:31pm | #7

   We use a tankless in just about every project for one appliation or another and clients are always thrilled with the performance. 

   The only complaints that's we've heard of from others' clients are those who tried to skimp on BTUs to save money and ended up with a unit that can't keep up with more than one user.

    

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   edwardh1 | Mar 02, 2007 08:48pm | #8

   Tank heaters lead in at least three categories- simplicity of design, and ease of troubleshooting to fix- and availability of parts- fom hardware store or box store for thermostats and elements.Tankless are much more complex and parts less readily available and may be harder to troubleshoot