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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #20 on: October 21, 2008, 12:33:44 pm »
I installe a paloma tankless (rheem) 3 years ago when my last hot water heater died, I have propane and needed a powervent heater anyway. the paloma was only $50 more than the 50 gal powervent I was going to get at Home Depot. ( $699 I think) you also need a $299 exhaust pipe kit (stainless) which gives all the possible parts you could need since HD doesn't stock stainless pipe.
    the paloma has electronic ignition, freeze protection (electric) and a remote thermostat,
so all I do is set the water temp I want and never turn on the cold water. It saves me money on my gas, I never run out of hot water, and with some creative plumbing and a curculator pump I clould use it to back up my outdoor pellet boiler.
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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #21 on: October 21, 2008, 03:02:55 pm »
i noticed the other day while reading the literature that came in the box with my unit, it has a 10 year garunnttee. not certain what that covers but if my water does not eat it up it should be good to go.
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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #22 on: January 06, 2009, 12:51:39 am »
Just purchased Bosch Aquastar Tankless water heater yesterday. Lower heating element went bad on my 12 yr old Rheem water heater. When I attempted to unthread the element the metal crumbled around it. Time for new heater. My wife and I decided to purchase the tankless. I mounted it on wall and plumbed the water connections. Tomorrow I will connect gas line. I'm running 3/4" line 30 ft. from tank, I hope that will be sufficient supply. The regulator off tank was about same distance to gas stove we had. (it was replaced with a now electric stove). I hope this thing does the job. My ground water temp. is showing 51 degrees . Need to raise temp around 75 deg. Anybody have any advice or suggestions?
I also have to tap out 3" hole through cinder block wall for exhaust. My exhaust tube is short, 22" up and then 90 deg out through 8 " wall. I'll report back with results. I'm hearing mixed reviews on tankless units. Also, my exhaust is facing east, with plenty of outside shelter. I'm not too concerned about a cold draft freezing the heat exchanger.
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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #23 on: January 06, 2009, 02:28:49 am »
Keep the replies coming, we are considering one as well.

 Ironwood
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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2009, 05:54:47 pm »
Tankless heater installation completed today. Works great. Had kitchen and bathroom hot taps running full blast simutaneously and had plenty of hot water.  Kept all plumbing intact where hot water tank once sat, just in case ;)
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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2009, 10:53:01 pm »
Do any of them tankless have power vent ? I have 20' of stainless exhaust straight (almost) out the roof .  Or 24 inches of solid concete and stone to drill out the wall . I ain't doing that .
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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #26 on: January 14, 2009, 06:13:00 pm »
Mine does have power vent.
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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #27 on: January 16, 2009, 01:44:54 pm »
I lived with an older, small Paloma for years, and it was awesome. They were really common in the backcountry neighborhoods in northern CA. Ours was mounted where it was easy to get at, and we only turned it on when we needed the water and then turned it off when done, so we didn't have the pilot light sucking up all the gas.

Wish I had one here...
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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #28 on: January 16, 2009, 03:45:55 pm »
This Bosch that I installed does'nt have a pilot light. It is an electronic ignition that activates when the water begins flowing.
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« Reply #29 on: August 08, 2009, 11:08:13 pm »
I know it's been 8 months since I started this post, but, wanted to report my results with my Bosch tankless water heater. We have 4 living in our home. The wife showers twice a day, each of the kids and myself shower once a day on average. 3 loads of wash a week and dishwasher runs once a day. I've been averaging a 100 lb tank every 60 days, about $30.00 month, or $1.00 a day. So far, have not had any issues with the unit. There is a faucet located on the other side of the house that takes about 1 minute for hot water to flow. Over-all I am pleased with it. I did install two who house filters prior to unit. The 1st has a 5 micr. filter, the 2nd has a 1 micron filter. So far, they have'nt had to be changed. The 1 micron will probably get changed this month.
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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #30 on: August 17, 2009, 08:00:52 pm »
I have a Bosch I bought at a garage sale, in the original sealed box brand new for $500. They were going to use it but couldn't figure out how to vent or where to get vent parts. I will be installing it in our new home that I am just sawing the lumber for.
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Re: Tankless water heaters
« Reply #31 on: August 17, 2009, 09:04:37 pm »
Wow! They gave on that pretty quick. You got a good deal. The vent kit is sold seperately. Make sure you get the proper length vent pipe. Most kits contain vent for 6" wall. Mine required an 8" . I bored mine through cinder block wall.
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