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Originally Posted by Ross
I bought a brand new house last summer and they insisted on putting in a 140L water tank, unfortunately I didn't get much of a say in the matter. I'm thinking about switching to tankless tho, it's pretty weird that it's a new thing in North America, I've had it in my 65 year old house in Scotland since I bought it in 2004. It's great and does save quite a bit of money. I need to call about it this weekend to get all the info but I really do want to get it. My bathtub is pretty big and I can't really have a long bath as the water won't be enough to keep topping it up.
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140L tank, for those that don't know, is roughly a 30 imperical gallon tank. Yes, that's not very big. I can see it struggling to fill a tub, especially if others in the house are using hot water.
And yes, I haven't heard about tankless until just recently, as in the past few years. I'll be taking a lot of what I've learned here from you guys and applying it to make a decision about this.
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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon
didn't know about that, i'll have to look into the autocirc. thanks!
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I see several websites that have them for under $300 bucks. That's a lot cheaper than I first thought they'd be. I was expecting more like $1k or more.
As for the tankless using more electricity, I don't really see that as a factor for me. Manitoba is a hydro-producer and exporter, our electricity bills aren't all that high. That part of my energy bill has always been in a credit mode every year, meanning I pay more than my property actually uses and end up getting a credit at the end of every year. I pay $74 a month for electricity currently. A tankless sys might eat into the credit but I'd be surprised if it put me in a deficit mode.
And yes, that's right. I live in a sub-zero climate five+ months of the year and I only pay $74 a month in electricity. That includes the tenant. It's not a typo.