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Originally Posted by CWGUY
 Sorry I can't answer your question. I would be very interested in what "Toymeister" had to say on an outside tankless water heater and if there is a payback on installing one. Just looked at my gas bills for the last 12 months..... I don't think there is.  |
The house we bought had one already installed. It is nice having no gas bill the months we are not here. Other than that, it's OK. It does take quite a while for the hot water to reach the guest bath (a minute or two) but I don't really know if that is worse than if we had a conventional heater. There's also the issue of the so-called cold water sandwich (the brief burst of cold water you get if you temporarily turn off the hot and turn it back on again shortly thereafter). It doesn't bother me that much but it is something to think about. Would I have replaced a working conventional system based on the promise of savings? Probably not. The payback would probably take too long to make the investment worth it, especially considering the drawbacks.
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