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.
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