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davecla

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#169655 22-Mar-2015 08:02
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Any one have any experience, tips around those electric tankless instant hot water heaters?

New kitchen going in a long way from the HWC. There is only the kitchen sink hot tap. Will be used to fill the sink 2, maybe 3 times a day. Seems like a waste to run a hot pipe all that way and those small under bench HWC's seems like a bad idea.

I've never seem a single sink instant heater in the wild, but have read mixed stories.

thanks in advance,
Dave

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  #1265085 22-Mar-2015 15:29
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davecla: Sorry, perhaps i wasn't super clear.

I want to run a single sink. Not replace the rest of the HWC.

There are small point of use systems available but I've read mixed results about their abilities in NZ (cold water can be too cold to lift to usable temp for example)

Also gas isn't an option for me.

I've also got little faith in what someone in a plumping store will tell me.  I'd rather hear first hand if possible.


thx
Dave


I did say that the electric tankless system is too slow for me. That's why gas is so popular. I gave you the calculations for you to estimate the size of system you would need so you could get a real world price that would bring you down to earth. ;)

Timmay and I linked those threads because the same issues apply whether providing water for a single sink of the whole house. I linked to the other sites to give you more background and comparisons because you didn't appear to know much about the issues. In a nutshell, what you are talking about is overly expensive compared with using your existing system or putting in a small tank as other people have commented in this and other threads.

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