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[–] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Electric hot water tanks are a thing. So are electric tankless systems.

[–] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (15 children)

I'm aware but I haven't heard people's experiences with them. I ask because I'm shopping for water heating right now and debating the expense of getting 240 run to the water heater for a heat pump.

Electric tankless sounds impossible (yes, I know they exist, I just mean they don't sound like something that should be able to), since the amount of BTUs required to run a gas tankless at peak is absolutely nuts -- tankless gas water-heaters run on 3/4" pipe instead of the normal 1/2" since they need to have so much burst heat. That doesn't sound possible for electric.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

People that cheer about tankless have never had a tankless. They're awful. They can't hold a temperature and are a great way to get scalded then frozen. Tanks are very efficient these days and have none of the usage downfalls, besides being a quarter of the cost.

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

A properly sized natural gas tankless works pretty well.

Electric tankless on the otherhand take so much power I can't imagine anyone actually installs them in a home.

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