On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 08:38:53 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 19:46:43 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>>>"Brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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>>>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 09:21:44 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>>>>>"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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>>>>>> On 1/26/2016 4:17 PM, wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:12:31 -0500, Nancy Young
>>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>> On 1/26/2016 12:40 PM, wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 26 Jan 2016 12:01:34 -0500, Nancy Young
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>>>>>>>>> I have instant hot water, none is wasted here.
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>>>>>>>> That's a nice feature, but most people don't have that.
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>>>>>>> I mentioned it really because sf was accusatory and actually I am
>>>>>>> very
>>>>>>> good at not wasting
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I get it, but when you live with drought, it sensitizes you to
>>>>>> the idea of just running water down the drain for nothing.
>>>>>> Like the moisturizer I use, it says to put it on and rinse it
>>>>>> off. Then wash the tub. Like they're on a mission to drain all
>>>>>> the reservoirs. Somehow I get by using less and not rinsing off
>>>>>> the 'extra.'
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> My power bill is a fraction of some friends,
>>>>>>> but then they go from room to room leaving lights on etc. I also
>>>>>>> loathe to turn the oven on for just one item etc etc.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sorry if I seemed to be jumping on you, I didn't mean it to
>>>>>> be personally directed at you.
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>>>>>>> If I was still in a house I would install one of those on demand
>>>>>>> water
>>>>>>> heating thingies, they are very good.
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>>>>>> I have considered those, though I am sure spending a lot of money
>>>>>> on that would be a hard sell.
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>>>>>Do you mean a 'combi boiler'? Believe me, they are worth every penny!!
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>>>>>https://www.worcester-bosch.co.uk/ar...a-combi-boiler
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>>>> Actually it's not the same, an on demand tankless water heater is only
>>>> for hot water, not house heating. I had one installed two years ago,
>>>> it long ago paid for itself by cutting my water heating energy use by
>>>> 2/3... and takes very little space, it's about the size of a desk top
>>>> PC... mine is on my basement wall, in warmer climates it can be
>>>> outdoors.
>>>> https://www.rinnai.us/tankless-water-heater
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>>>Mine isn't much bigger than a desktop computer and it does serve the house
>>>heating as well as the hot water. Oh and it hangs on the wall in a
>>>cupboard.
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>> All I can think is you're in a location of much more mild weather...
>> your system wouldn't work here where temperatures in winter are often
>> in the minuses, as in below zero F.
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>LOL I am in Scotland!!!! These things are commonplace btw.

You are on a more northerly latitude than him!