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Originally Posted by ohioshooter
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.
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Hello,
I installed an electric heater under my sink. I bought 12 KW steibel eltron heater. A smaller unit will not work due to water flow rate ( I tried an 9 KW Rheem and it burned out in 2 months trying to keep up.
The 12 KW unit needs 6 gate wire on a dedicated circuit from the breaker box. I had an electrician run the wire through the attic for me ($300). I bought 80 ft of the wire on line for $300. The heater was about $300. Plumbing fittings ~ $75. I don't use either hot water shut off under the sink (one was for faucet and one was for DW). I teed off the cold (I bought shark bite 1/4 turn shut off). One branch to the heater, the other to the faucet. Then teed off the out line from the heater; one branch to the faucet, the other to the DW.