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Hot Water Guy: Living With A Tankless Hot Water Heater
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Topics include anything related to domestic hot water and residential hot water plumbing systems. Friday, March 11, 2011. Living With A Tankless Hot Water Heater. Living With a Tankless Hot Water Heater. Using hot water from a tankless water heater is not the same as a using hot water from a tank type water heater. If you haven’t experienced living with a tankless water heater, it may take some getting used to. Hot Water Temperature Characteristics of Storage Water Heaters. You never really know what the...
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Hot Water Guy: Hot Water Flow Rates with Tankless Water Heaters and Storage Heaters
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Topics include anything related to domestic hot water and residential hot water plumbing systems. Thursday, June 16, 2011. Hot Water Flow Rates with Tankless Water Heaters and Storage Heaters. Hot Water Flow Rates with Tankless Water Heaters and Storage Heaters. The flow rate of the water in a pipe, and the diameter of the pipe determine the velocity of the water. Traveling in the pipe, and thus the amount of waiting time for hot water to arrive at the fixture. Pressure Drop Affects Flow Rate. To push fo...
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Hot Water Guy: Why Are Tankless Water Heaters So Expensive?
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Topics include anything related to domestic hot water and residential hot water plumbing systems. Thursday, April 7, 2011. Why Are Tankless Water Heaters So Expensive? A friend of mine who installs tankless water heaters recently wrote an article that I think many of you might find interesting. You can find the original article here: Tankless Expenses. So where is the cost difference coming from? Most whole house tankless water heaters require a 199,000 Btu/h gas supply. Now, that is only required wh...
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Hot Water Guy: February 2011
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Topics include anything related to domestic hot water and residential hot water plumbing systems. Sunday, February 20, 2011. Freeze Protection with a Chilipepper? I got this message from our site yesterday, and I though it might be of interest to some of you. Water line coming into the house froze up due to two (2) days of record setting cold weather. Water lines meet code for depth, but the frost level went deeper than ever before. Is not the best of ideas when away.). And here is my response:. Pump If ...
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Hot Water Guy: April 2010
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Topics include anything related to domestic hot water and residential hot water plumbing systems. Friday, April 9, 2010. New Financing Program for Energy and Water Efficient Home Improvements - Sonoma County California. I received an email from a customer a couple of days ago informing me about an energy conservation program being offered by the county he lives in, Sonoma county in Northern California. It’s a very interesting program. The Sonoma County Energy Independence Program provides services and fu...
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Hot Water Guy: Using a Chilipepper with a Dedicated Hot Water Return Line
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Topics include anything related to domestic hot water and residential hot water plumbing systems. Sunday, June 12, 2011. Using a Chilipepper with a Dedicated Hot Water Return Line. Hot Water Demand Systems and Dedicated Return Lines Are Compatible. For home owners who have a residential hot water circulating system and would like to convert the system to a demand system to save energy, reduce their carbon foot print and be green as far as water and energy conservation go, here is how to do it. You can th...
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Hot Water Guy: Control Your Hot Water Demand System with a Flow Switch
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Topics include anything related to domestic hot water and residential hot water plumbing systems. Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Control Your Hot Water Demand System with a Flow Switch. I’ve had a number of customers inquire about using a flow switch to control their Chilipepper hot water demand systems. Many of them also have tankless water heaters. In the meantime, if the Chilipepper sees the control wires make contact and they remain in contact for more than 15 seconds, the microcontroller in the Chilipep...
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Hot Water Guy: April 2011
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Topics include anything related to domestic hot water and residential hot water plumbing systems. Thursday, April 7, 2011. Why Are Tankless Water Heaters So Expensive? A friend of mine who installs tankless water heaters recently wrote an article that I think many of you might find interesting. You can find the original article here: Tankless Expenses. So where is the cost difference coming from? Most whole house tankless water heaters require a 199,000 Btu/h gas supply. Now, that is only required wh...
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Hot Water Guy: August 2010
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Topics include anything related to domestic hot water and residential hot water plumbing systems. Monday, August 30, 2010. Green Plumbing - Making Your Residential Plumbing System Greener. If you are planning on building a new home then now would be a great time to plan your plumbing layout for an energy and water efficient plumbing system that will end up saving you a whole lot of money and add convenience to your life. For the sake of simplicity I’ll just assume you have a storage gas water heate...
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Hot Water Guy: October 2010
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Topics include anything related to domestic hot water and residential hot water plumbing systems. Saturday, October 23, 2010. Using the Chilipepper Pump with a Dedicated Return Line. If your home is already equipped with a hot water circulating system and your system uses a standard circulating pump with a dedicated return line then you can easily replace the circulating pump with a Chilipepper Hot Water Demand Pump. Control system set up. The buttons need to be momentary contact type buttons like doorbe...