On Sat, 10 Aug 2013 18:59:39 GMT, "l not -l" > wrote:

>
>On 10-Aug-2013, "Pete C." > wrote:
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>> Search "hot water dispenser" on the 'Depo, Lowe's, etc. sites and see
>> the nice built in hot water dispenser models that will give you 190F
>> water any time you want and take essentially no counter space.
>
>Perhaps they are better now; but, what a waste of money and effort mine
>were. I owned 3 during twenty of the past 35 years; all were Kenmore,
>manufactured by and identical to the, then top-rated, In-sink-a-rator
>brand. All three were repaired multiple times (replaced thermal
>switches a couple of times, tank seam leak once) before ultimate failure
>of the heating element.
>
>I no longer buy and maintain worthless gewgaws, gimcracks and doodads
>that "save time and efffort". My life is improved by no longer having a
>hot water dispenser, ice cube maker or garbage disposal. The amount of
>time and effort saved is not by installing these things but by getting
>rid of them.

I concur. Some monkeys will buy every POS advertized on TV.