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Phil Sherrod
 
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Default Power cost of idle electric water heater


On 30-Mar-2004, "Doug Dotson" wrote:

Did you consider a demand heater? Whould seem to make sense
for occational type use.


Yes, but there was no way to justify it. Since the maximum savings with my
power rate would be $3/month it would take a LONG time to offset the hundreds
of dollars in extra cost. Plus, I can easily switch off the circuit breaker
for the weeks or months when we don't need the heater.