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Old 06-20-2022, 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by ohioshooter View Post
Is there any solution to having to wait for warm water. I'm used to a water heater with a hot water recirculator which gave me hot water in seconds. These on demand heaters waste way too much water besides the fact that you have to wait several minutes to wash your face. Take the time waiting and multiple it times thousand of homes and we are wasting an enormous amount of water.
Running the shower for one minute uses about 2.5 gallons of water and costs about 2 cents, including the sewer charge. I agree that it is wasted water, but the cost is very minimal.