[SustainableTompkins] water heating

[James Hogg]

It is a thermostat that you can control the water temperature with.  
Ideally it would be wireless so you wouldn't have to run that through  
walls. It would be a small box on the wall in the kitchen or bathroom  
that you could control the water temperature to the degree with a  
digital readout. For example the water might be 100 degrees or 105 or  
whatever.

I find having the water temperature of ours set so it is comfortable  
when taking a shower, and not needing any cold water to adjust the  
temperature is ideal. But you may find the temperature then to be a  
little low for washing dishes. Also individuals might want a  
different shower temperature.

I also have to change our temperature control, it is a dial on the  
heater itself, during season changes. Set it higher in winter and  
lower in summer.

I think Takagi has remote thermostats. Last I checked Bosch does not.

I lived in Japan for ten years and the technology for demand hot  
water heaters there is far more advanced than what I could find here  
4 years ago when I bought the Bosch.

Tokyo is milder of course than here so the water heater was outside  
my bathroom. Besides heating water from the faucets, it would take  
the water from the full bathtub and reheat it. In Japan several  
people may use the same bath water after taking a shower first. As a  
side note every so often I would see a news report about a drunk  
person falling a sleep in the tub when the reheat function was on and  
boiling to death. It really can make the water hot, and like the  
boiling frog story you kind of get used to hotter water when you are  
sitting in it.



On Jan 27, 2008, at 10:57 AM, rebecca wrote:

> Thank you to all who have responded to my question - very helpful  
> information, feedback and thoughts!
>
> A couple of you have mentioned a "remote water temperature control"  
> - this is not something that I've encountered before and am  
> wondering what it is.
>
> Thanks again,
> Rebecca
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