http://tanklesswaterheatertoday.com/does-anyone-have-experience-using-an-electric-tankless-water-heater/ everything you need to know about tankless water heaters Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:00:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://tanklesswaterheatertoday.com/does-anyone-have-experience-using-an-electric-tankless-water-heater/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Alfie Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:00:20 +0000 http://tanklesswaterheatertoday.com/does-anyone-have-experience-using-an-electric-tankless-water-heater/#comment-139 While remodeling my home recently I considered an electric tankless water heater. After weighing all the pros and cons and living in a townhouse with minimal space, tankless was the right way to go. I visited several home improvement stores and spoke with several installation technicians. Basically the picture that was painted for me is that smaller electric units will not provide the flow of hot water that most homes need. Most of the units I looked at in the home improvement stores only provided a flow rate of 2-5 gallons of hot water per minute. I had pretty much decided that gas was the only option. Then I came across a manufacturer called Stiebel Eltron. Stiebel Eltron has a wide range of models that can be ordered directly from their website. The unit I ended up purchasing was the Tempra 36. It provides anywhere from 3.8 to 9.8 gallons of hot water per minute based on the incoming water temperature. Here in the sunny south where the water is usually at a moderate temperature in all but three or so months of the year, I would guess my average flow per minute is about 7 gallons of hot water. This is more than enough to fill up my whirlpool tub or even run my steam shower continuously. Hope this helps! While remodeling my home recently I considered an electric tankless water heater. After weighing all the pros and cons and living in a townhouse with minimal space, tankless was the right way to go.
I visited several home improvement stores and spoke with several installation technicians. Basically the picture that was painted for me is that smaller electric units will not provide the flow of hot water that most homes need. Most of the units I looked at in the home improvement stores only provided a flow rate of 2-5 gallons of hot water per minute. I had pretty much decided that gas was the only option.
Then I came across a manufacturer called Stiebel Eltron. Stiebel Eltron has a wide range of models that can be ordered directly from their website. The unit I ended up purchasing was the Tempra 36. It provides anywhere from 3.8 to 9.8 gallons of hot water per minute based on the incoming water temperature. Here in the sunny south where the water is usually at a moderate temperature in all but three or so months of the year, I would guess my average flow per minute is about 7 gallons of hot water. This is more than enough to fill up my whirlpool tub or even run my steam shower continuously.
Hope this helps!

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