[LMB] OT: akicotl: water heaters?

[Jacki Knight]

Hi Becca,

We have the Hardie Dux (gas) model.  Wonderful - definitely better than 
electric. It does the whole house and has two controllers - one in the 
kitchen and one in our ensuite (the kitchen one used to be in the 
laundry but it became less convenient as time went by so we decided to 
have it moved).  You can usually get up to four controllers depending 
on how complicated you want to make the pipe zoning.

We usually have it set at 55 degrees which is as hot as you would want 
it for hand washing up (our dishwasher heats its own if not to the temp 
required for the programme) - also means that the kids don't 
accidentally scald themselves if they forget to turn it down to 39 for 
bathtime.

That said it can go all the way up to 75 degrees if you need it to. 
(Our govt regulations state that 55 is supposed to be the max on all 
new water heaters to prevent scalding accidents - but ours went in just 
before they brought in that ruling.)

BTW where are you geographically? - cause that would make a difference 
to brands available (both LucyC and I are in Australia)

Cheers

Jacki in Canberra

On 02/12/2006, at 12:06 PM, Becca Price wrote:

> I mostly lurk here, but enjoy all the discussions. Now I'd like
> to take advantage of the amazing fund of knowledge here, and ask
> a very ot question. We're looking at installing an on-demand
> water heater, and I haven't the first idea where to start
> looking at them, or what to look for. Does anyone have one of
> these, and can give me some pointers?
>
> thank you,
>
> going back to lurk mode now,
>
> Becca