NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/misc/consumer/house/17167

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From: [e-mail] (Pete Holsberg)
Subject: Re: No Hot Water!
Organization: The College On The Other Side Of Route One
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Date: Tue, 19 Jan 1993 19:22:06 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (John De Armond) writes:
=[e-mail] (Pete Holsberg) writes:
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=>In the middle of my shower, the water went from "nice" to "cool." I have
=>a 40 gallon Bradford heater that has a 30.5 gallon/hour recovery rate.
=
=40 gallon is kinda small for a family of 3.

Hmmmm....what's a typical flow rate from a faucet?

=The hysterisis in the thermostat is generally fixed.  You have a couple of
=options.  You can turn the thermostat up higher so that you use less
=of hotter water during your shower.  This will probably be very effective,
=particularly if someone has been propagandized into turning the heat
=way down to "save energy".

It was halfway between "normal" and "max", so I pushed it to "max."

=You can install a larger heater, at least
=a 60 gallon.  Or you could do like I did and install a tankless heater.  This
=things heat water in real-time, on demand so there is no limit to the amount of
=water you can use.  I love those long, steamy 100 gallon showers so this
=thing is a Godsend for my house.  The only downside is the cost - about
=$500-700.

That sounds interesting. Where is it installed? How does it work?