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[TONY64]

gharma Share Saturday, December 17, 2011 5:12:30 PM
Re: TONY64 post# 39773 Post # of 39784

Hi Tony - The chamber is too small for that - turn the water on and in no time you are back to heating water up from the ambient (ground) temperature. Besides, increasing that reserve, maybe even applying preparation by some heating, well, that rather kills the tankless aspect.
But you are on to something - as others have noticed, at the new website on the products page under point of use there is no mention of a residential application (except maybe as implied in the use as a booster to geothermal or solar water heating).
http://wanderportcorporation.net/products/point-of-use/


Sorry cant reply on wdrp. All tankless boilers that I work on maintain a minimum temp inside the small holding tank, that's how they are able to give you 90% efficiency. Keeping the fire on low until there is a higher demand, saves energy since there is hardly any energy loss thru the chimney or flue. The setback with high efficiency boilers is that because the run most of the time on low fire you are actually spending more on electricity running the numerous circulating pumps that feed the radiators or zones. Tankless in our trade is usually a unit that holds 5 gallons or less,