I doubt that is true. I installed an electric tankless water heater and they work great. I didn’t analyze my bill or anything like that but the best thing is you never run out of hot water. Tanks are limited
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 26, 2018, at 8:47 PM, Jay Summet via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On 07/26/2018 02:38 PM, Lee Hart via EV wrote: >> >> 4. Tankless demand heaters (that only heat the water when it is actually >> needed) are more efficient that anything you can do with a tank-type >> waterheater, regular or hybrid. > > Yes, when comparing gas tankless to gas tanked heaters. > > NO for Electrically operated tankless heaters vs hybrid (heat pump) water > heaters with a tank. > > Most tankless heaters are gas as the electric ones require a MASSIVE service > (24-27 KW, 100+ amps) to heat water instantaneously (via a restive element). > Even with heat losses due to storage, the efficiency of an electrically > operated heat pump for heating (4x or better than a restive element) will > always beat an electrically operated restive heater. > > Jay > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
