I have 315 litre water heater from rheem.
It started leaking. Need to replace. I was told you can now days get much smaller units which are as effective.
Just seeing if someone has had experience with it.
Water Heater
yjun355 on 02/04/2015 - 00:09
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I suppose i meant efficient. So, whatever job big bulky uses used to do. maybe they ahve improved technology where you get same results but its just a smaller unit.
Is there any chance you can get a solar one? Both gas and power prices are getting so high, and a 300l solar heater will supply a 4 person family approx 9 months of the year with zero energy bills. You need a roof with good exposure to the north, and ideally it will be near the kitchen (so you have short run for pipes from the tank to the kitchen tap, which often needs short bursts of hot).
We have instantaneous gas, and it is fantastic, except it means a gas bill (we have gas heating and stove too, so it isn't the only gas appliance). But I have ambition to replace it with solar.
we already have solar panel in our house. So, electric is not much issue.
We explored solar one though. It wasn't feasible in terms of installation, etc. It was big job plus not possible in our home i think.We have stove and heater too with gas boosted solar.our quarterly summer bill is still around $100.
Family of 3.
Keep in mind you need a hot water tank which require quite a bit of room
Unless your current system breaks I don't think the savings warrants paying around 3k now that the rebates aren't as good
i just replaced my Dux 125 litre water heater with the same model (so I thought). it kept flicking the safety switch off.
specs read the same but it turns out the element was double the capacity. this meant that I had to either get a replacement element with a lesser wattage or rewire the cabling to the hot water service and replace the safety fuse . - swapped the element as it was the most cost effective option.
any way, looking at my old 15 year old Dux unit and the new one - there is very little difference between them (except the element) in terms of construction.
the main question is "how many people in your house?" i.e. how much hot water do you actually need?
As effective? No if you need that much water.
If however you have swapped showerheads from the old water guzzlers to the new low flow type, have a washing machine hooked to cold only, and take less than 10min showers, you might just get away with a 200l tank for 4 people. You have a gas connection or offpeak electric?