GL: Fw: Tankless Water Heater

[jonathan olenick]

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Subject: Fw: GL: Tankless Water Heater






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From: jonathan olenick <jdolenickmd at yahoo.com>
To: M S
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Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 6:04:06 AM
Subject: Re:
GL: Tankless Water Heater


many r/v waterheaters are propane with electric
ignition, many boat heaters use engine waste heat or 110v. When  at anchor,
most of us run our genset daily to charge batteries,using the 110v hot water
heater helps to adiquatly load the generator. Jon.
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From: M S <valhalla360 at yahoo.com>
To:
great-loop at lists.samurai.com
Sent: Saturday, July 11, 2009 5:25:17 AM
Subject:
Re: GL: Tankless Water Heater

We have a tankless model that runs on propane.
I have mixed feelings on it.

Negative: I don't like leaving the pilot light
running while the boat is
closed up, so we have to light it before use. Also,
it doesn't have a
dedicated vent. It sits under a hatch and for safety we open
the hatch before
use.

Positive: As long as you have propane and water, you
have unlimited hot
water.

We use it ocasionally for showers. For dishes we
typically run a pot of water
thru the coffee maker (utilizing the generator or
shore power).

West marine has a similar electric version (120volt), but some
friends steered
us away. The heating coil will burn out if the tank runs dry
(which will
happen sooner or later).

Mike & Tammy
Valhalla II

Snip
What
heats your water while you're anchor? Are you going to run the
generator? Will
it do a good enough job using 12VDC to heat? And as Fred
states, nothing nicer
than having plenty of hot water after a short
cruise.
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