GL: Tankless Electric Water Heater

[R. A. McCall]

Each to his/her own. New ideas are seldom readily adapted by the public at
large,
especially if they have never experienced the item first hand.

As I mentioned earlier, the tankless water systems will run on either gas or
electric.
the ones I experienced in Europe ran on gas (most inexpensive means there),
had
pilot lights and never in 15 years caused any problems. On big unit in the
basement
covered everything.

Everything has to do with the way you connect everything up. Personally, my
boat
doesn't employ gas and I don't want to have deal with it. That leaves me the
electric
option which will run on 12v/120v or on the dock electric or the generator.
At sea,
I would have to use the battery bank or the generator or if really into it,
I could route
everything so that it swings through the engine heaters and has a manual on
switch
for electric. When in use, you generally have to run your engines once a day
to
recharge the batteries, so that is a given. And yes, the waterless system
would put
more drain on your batteries, but no more than a single heating element on
the stove.

My objectives are to replace my "standard heater" with a waterless electric
system
and plum my outside water (salt or fresh) through a water purifier into the
waterless
system and on into the boat's needs, thus providing endless hot water and
fresh
water on the boat. That will eliminate all those "watch the hot water" times
since
the water itself is also endless and gray water goes over board.

Rich
Day Dreams - 43' Carver