Man, I thought sure you were going to say that you’d started farting in a can.
Pretty much same same here... #fjb!
Well what about running the dishwasher or the clothes washer during the day? Those require hot water.
Don't exchange your tank, actually take it to a place that will fill it.
I did that for a while then started requiring the OPD valves that my 20's didn't have and places wouldn't fill it. Didn't have a choice to go with 15's. I could take the 15's to be filled - not sure how much that would save me though.
Natural gas has and will continue to rise since buydun announced the US would provide Europe with gas. They are paying close to $30 per mmbtu so of course the suppliers here want to sell it over there and all that will do is increase what we are paying here.
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dishwasher will heat the water and washing machine usually fills with hot and cold mix and the 40 gallon tank with what is left after showers is plenty.
And Tide will clean in cold or Cheer.
Just 2 of us here so not much to wash except on weekends.
You guys that think they will go electric are not going to like this little known fact, last time I check 42% of the electricity in the US is made with natural gas fired generators. The electric cost will escalate slower but it will go up about the time you get your electric car and instal that electric water heater.
Yea I hear ya on that deal.
This water heater has been in the house since before we bought the house in 1998.
One day it will quit on me.
It did leak for a couple days a few years ago and I wrote it off as the leak sealed up.
Knock on wood.
I was thinking something.
I could place a bunch or pipe in the attic and plumb it to feed the water tank.
Valves positioned to not use it in the winter and let it drain.
Attic heat is real and will heat some pipe.
I figured 100 foot of 3" would be 40 gallons.
Just thinking out loud here.
I only have about 30 feet of 3" though.
I will not do it.
But was thinking you could do it and just turn the water tank heat off completely.
This water heater has been in the house since before we bought the house in 1998.
One day it will quit on me.
It did leak for a couple days a few years ago and I wrote it off as the leak sealed up.
Knock on wood.
I was thinking something.
I could place a bunch or pipe in the attic and plumb it to feed the water tank.
Valves positioned to not use it in the winter and let it drain.
Attic heat is real and will heat some pipe.
I figured 100 foot of 3" would be 40 gallons.
Just thinking out loud here.
I only have about 30 feet of 3" though.
I will not do it.
But was thinking you could do it and just turn the water tank heat off completely.
When my tanks get rusty or messed up I will do an exchange. That way I have a new tank every few years. After I exchange, I then take the tanks to get a proper fill when I empty the 15 it came with.
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