My house is all electric and I have 2 tank type hot water heaters. One for the kitchen and washing machine and one for my 2 bathrooms on the other side of the house.
That’s the way it was when I bought it. Would it be more economical to replace each heater with an electric tankless heater or just 1 for the whole house? Thanks for your time.
Donna
Tom’s Answer:
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Tom: It sounds like the pipes are zoned, so you’re probably not going to be able to do one for the whole house, and an on-demand electric water heater for the whole house…that puts a lot of strain on the water heater. It depends how much you have. The expense of installing it with all the new electrical lines and stuff can get quite pricey. I have a feeling you probably should just stick with what you have. Sometimes when it was designed that way, that’s the way it is. If you were going to do on-demand water heaters, you would need two, one to replace each water tank. They could be smaller and handle the load. I have them in my house. They work great. I don’t think you’d want to do one on that.