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<DIV>Gentlemen:</DIV>
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<DIV>If you own a candy store, you need to develop the discipline not to eat
every meal at the candy store. </DIV>
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<DIV>I have had clients voice the same issues about their teens. One
effective solution is to "talk to their wallet/purse". Given the opportunity to
assist with the utility bill and continue their hot water(logged) ways, by
parting with their own money, usually relegates the one hour shower
to things of the past.</DIV>
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<DIV>My compliments, Todd. I have read some gentleman's comments that there even
exist sausage link style anode rods for those applications where ceiling height
does not permit reinstallation of an OEM style rod. Annual flushing of the tank
can also assist with tank longevity. The question is how many people know and
then do these things. </DIV>
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<DIV>My own favorite "trick" for the tank style heater is to use the circuit
breaker or pilot knob to "convert" the storage water heater to a batch water
heater. Unfortunately requires some miniscule effort and advance planning, not
items on the American Consumer wish list.</DIV>
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<DIV>Bill Loesch</DIV>
<DIV>Solar 1 - Saint Louis Solar</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 17, 2010 2:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] On Demand
Heaters for SDHW</DIV>
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<DIV>In our area of so cal, gas water heaters with SWH last as long as fifteen
years no problem, and 20+ years is not uncommon - w/o anode rode redo.
But the ODWHs with which I am familiar usually need de-liming (service
call) about every five years. I do not have much data with ODWH with
solar back-up, yet. The larger the family in both cases, the faster the
failure.</DIV>
<DIV>ODWH manus seem to be claiming that the savings of standby heat loss is
15% minimum, but if your heat loss is from standing solar heated water (which
entered the tank when somebody last used the hot water) and you have set
the outlep temp of the solar 15% higher than that of
the old fashioned water heater, your heat loss is from solar
heated water.</DIV>
<DIV>The irony about _endless_ hot water is this - most of the people who have
installed an instantaneous heater that is unassisted by solar will actually
have higher gas bills, specially if there are any teenagers in the
house.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=3 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="12">Patrick A.
Redgate</FONT><FONT lang=0 color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><B><I>AMECO Solar, Inc.<BR>Serving Solar California<BR>Since
1974<BR>7623 Somerset, Blvd.<BR>Paramount, CA
90723<BR>562-633-4400<BR></B></I><A
href="http://www.solarexpert.com/">www.solarexpert.com</A><U><BR><A
href="http://www.amecosolar.com/">www.amecosolar.com</A><BR></U></FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 9/17/2010 9:36:59 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
toddcory@finestplanet.com writes:</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial><FONT
size=4 face=arial>"<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: monospace">repairable unit -
you don't have to trash it every seven years (reported<BR>national
average)"<BR><BR>My tank is 20 years old now. I change the anode every 3
years.<BR><BR>Todd<BR></SPAN><BR><BR></FONT><BR><BR><BR>Sent from Finest
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