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RE: Tankless whole-house water heater

To: "shop-talk Talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: RE: Tankless whole-house water heater
From: "Randall" <tr3driver@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 14:17:45 -0800
> Are there plain storage tanks available that you could plumb in where
> the old water heater was, and then use a tankless for heating?

The tanks are available, but why ?  You'd have to add a pump to circulate
the water through the tank back into the heater, since otherwise it will get
cold in the tank.  And since you're still keeping a tank full of water hot,
you lose all the supposed efficiency gains of the tankless.

Randall




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