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Originally Posted by rexxfan
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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I have to stop driving myself crazy. You have me confused (as do a lot of posters) I'm sitting here with my latest TECO bill in my hand. Total amount due $28.70 of that amount $14.25 is a CUSTOMER CHARGE. It's there each and every month and has nothing to do with how much gas I use. Even if you are away you have a GAS BILL. And by the way..... I am full time with a gas furnace, gas stove and a new energy efficient 40 gal. gas hot water TANK for me and the wife. So that means I used $14.55 worth of gas last month. Can't find the receipt for the tank but know it was a little over $500 and TECO sent me a rebate check for $500 I found that paperwork in my TECO file. Like "villagerjack" says " I can not imagine how you can recoup their cost for a tankless."
