On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 8:27:53 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 10:20:24 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> wrote:
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> >On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 6:58:43 AM UTC-10, John Kuthe wrote:
> >> On Tue, 20 Oct 2015 09:45:57 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 <>
> >> wrote:
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> >> >On Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 5:10:01 AM UTC-10, BigC300 wrote:
> >> >> When you turn on your kitchen sink faucet, how long does it take for
> >> >> "hot" water 140 degrees to start flowing through the faucet? In my
> >> >> first house, the plumbing contractor ran the hot water line all the
> >> >> way from one end of the house to the other end and back to the kitchen
> >> >> sink faucet. I would turn on the hot water and run it fora couple of
> >> >> minutes before hot water was flowing through the faucet.
> >> >>
> >> >> Water Heaters with too small capacity, Air Conditioners with too small
> >> >> capacity. Garbage Disposalls that quit at one year old. These are
> >> >> things that make me never trust a Contractor unless I write the
> >> >> specifications and I enforce them before the Contractor sees a penny
> >> >> from me.
> >> >>
> >> >> William
> >> >
> >> >I don't think the capacity of the water heater has anything to do with this. If you want hot water faster, move the water heater closer to the kitchen faucet or vice-versa. Having to wait for hot water is a real drag.
> >>
> >> You azre correct, the capacity of the tank where you PAY and PAY to
> >> keep however many gallons of water hot on the odd chance at any given
> >> moment you MAY want to use some has nothing to do with how long it
> >> will take that very expensive to maintain being hot hot water to get
> >> from the hot water storage tank to your faucet outlet.
> >>
> >> It's a stupid paradigm really. My physics professor made us painfully
> >> aware of how many stupid energy wasteful things we do and think it's
> >> all just fine and dandy, when it's NOT really!!
> >>
> >> John Kuthe...
> >
> >A simple "you are absolutely correct,sir" would have sufficed.
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> ROFL!! Hate hearing about how stupid things are that we have come to
> expect, eh?

I don't hate hearing most things, although folks endlessly bitching about things they have no control over just might qualify. As it goes, most people will tolerate water heater standing losses because installing an on-demand system is too expensive. People will also tolerate waiting for a few seconds for hot water because it's just too expensive to install another pump and return line into the system.

OTOH, folks bitch about stuff because lip service usually comes free of charge. I won't do it myself because flapping one's gums in the breeze wastes energy and time. It ain't much in the grand scheme of things but "high efficiency" is my middle name. Hee hee.

Let me assure you that if they didn't have to pay for it, people would fix all the little inconveniences of modern life. I just got all the lights in my office changed to higher efficiency fluorescent bulbs, free of charge by the US government. You can bet that I'm doing my part for a stronger, more energy efficient America! Are you doing your part?

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> You want hot water on demand? Move close to a hot springs!!
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> John Kuthe...