[SustainableTompkins] water heating

[James Hogg]

When mine was installed my plumber put valves on both sides, water in  
and water out. He mentioned at some point I might need to do an acid  
flush. I am also on Bolton Point water. I haven't thought about  
flushing the unit.


On Jan 27, 2008, at 12:05 PM, northsheep at juno.com wrote:

> Living in Europe so much I thought often about instant hot water  
> when I
> finally settled here. I was put off by the advice from a dealer  
> that high
> mineral water - like from my deep well - would ruin the appliance by
> clogging the small heating tubes. So my question is, what is the
> maintenance, and does it really work?
>
> Thanks,
> Karl
>
> On Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:49:34 -0500 "Tony Del Plato"
> <tonydelplato at gmail.com> writes:
>> Thanks Margaret & Michael. These are good tips as I get ready to get
>> another
>> hot water heater
>> Tony Del Plato
>>
>> On Jan 26, 2008 11:34 PM, Michael Burns <burns at panix.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I use the smallest AquaStar Bosch model on the market. It is
>>> extremely frugal on propane and I can run hot water as long as I
>>> like. If more than one or two people are using the house you may
>> want
>>> to consider one of the larger models. They are usually not cheap
>> to
>>> get installed, but pay for themselves by not heating a tank of
>> water
>>> all day long.  If you have a lot of minerals in your water it
>> will
>>> require periodic maintenance/cleaning every couple years to keep
>> it
>>> running smoothly.
>>>
>>> -Michael Burns
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