Alternative Power sources - Re: has anybody compiled a list of rapid return energy saving measures?

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Re: has anybody compiled a list of rapid return energy saving measures?

chrisvillar@hotmail.com

2005-08-17, 11:21 am

trader4@optonline.net wrote:
> "There is basically zero savings from reduced water
> useage. It is calculable but negligible as I've described above. "
>
> The issue isn't the cost of the water that's wasted, but rather the
> cost of heating the hot water that has to run from the water heater to
> the faucet every time you first need hot water. It takes quite a few
> gallons of water to flush out the cold water in the pipes and get the
> pipes warm. The longer the pipe run, the more energy that is wasted.
> A tankless unit saves that energy loss and it can be considerable.

I hate to split hairs but the energy savings from the tankless is that
you don't keep 40 gallons of water hot and on standby. The energy used
to fill flush the pipe is the same with either, unless you get the
tankless close to the tap. Maybe that is what you are talking about.
In that case, you would be right and I covered that advantage in the
last paragraph of my previous post.

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