powerstar [RE-wrenches]

[Allan Sindelar]

Bill,
I think that Smitty was referring to the Powerstar line of inverters, not
water heaters. Are you taalking about Atiston's Powerstream line of tankless
electric water heaters, or is there another Powerstar around?
Allan at Positive Energy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Roush" <solarguide at everestkc.net>
> RE; Reportedly CEC will at years end introduce a "Pro Tankless" brand of
> gas tankless heaters manufactured by Bosch.
>


> If you mean the whole house (80 A, 240 V and 120 A, 240 V; two and three
> 40
> A two pole circuit breakers respectively) electric tankless heaters (
> the
> size of the St. Louis, MO telephone book) they are alive and well.
>
> As you may know, the Controlled Energy Corp. (CEC) in Vermont owns that
> name as well as the Aquastar name. What you will buy today as a
> PowerStar
> is a unit manufactured by Applied Energy an English manufacturer. What
> you
> bought "yesterday" as a PowerStar was a similar sized unit made by
> EEMax, a
> Connecticut based manufacturer which has many units ranging from 1/2 GPM
> to
> 24 GPM.
>
> According to the Autumn 2003 CEC newsletter, the "new and improved"
> Powerstar offers copper heat exchangers, manual reset high limit
> control,
> external adjust temp control and 3/4 inch male NPT fittings.
>
> Provided the customer has the available electric service, the old
> PowerStar
> models performed as advertized. I have no experience with the new
> manufacturer. A lot of "real" plumbers evidently can't  read directions
> as
> a favorite inept install technique is to eliminate the _outlet_ valve
> which
> is used to maximize heater output (by limiting flow) for whirlpool tubs,
> multi head showers, etc.
>
> Reportedly CEC will at years end introduce a "Pro Tankless" brand of gas
> tankless heaters manufactured by Bosch. Reportedly the large (2
> simultaneous use Aquastar 240 units, actually a Takagi TK-1) will no
> longer
> be available in the big box stores. For more info look at
> protankless.com,
> for participation in the installer or service program call Diane Ford
> with
> CEC at 866 668 2657.

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