Solar Hot Water and a Tankless

    To really reduce your hot water heating charges you could look at adding an active solar water heater in conjunction with a tankless water heater.  The rays from the sun would pre-heat the incoming water and then the tankless would simply finish the job.  It’s difficult to get a solar water heater to produce water hot enough for today’s household demands, but with the technology in a tankless system it’s a perfect fit.  Tankless water...

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    Solar Water Heater and Tankless Update

    Solar Water Heater and Tankless One of our readers is working on installing a domestic solar hot water heater in conjunction with a tankless.  They were going to go with a Rheem tankless to offset any additinonal temperature increase that was needed over the solar gains.  Unfortunately they found out that the particular unit that they were planning on using senses the incoming water temperature, buy ‘ignores’ water that is...

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    Solar and a Tankless

    Solar And A Tankless Heater There is starting to become a buzz around solar hot water systems. If you have a good, knowledgeable contractor a solar water system can work quite well with a tankless hot water heater. Here are a few of the advantages that you can expect when combining the two systems. 1. The preheated water coming from the solar water heating system will increase the flow of hot water out of a tankless unit. The reason...

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