Gas VS Electric Tankless Water Heaters

Gas VS Electric Tankless Water Heaters

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[samwisegamgee]

I live in upstate NY. We have to fill our 500 gallon propane every month and a half in the winter. That's pretty expensive. We're making the change to electric everything (boiler, hot water heater, stove) as we will make our money back in less than 2 years. Where we live and with what we use for gas the electric makes way more sense to me.

[jfgoodysr]

I've never seen a gas tankless that costs nearly that much. Mine have cost $1200 for two and $980 for my newest. No way it costs $3k+ to install. Flow rates also vary, since the rating is based on a 40° temp rise. 50° water to 130° lowers the gpm

[woodzyfox]

i have a 24KW electric unit. its spec say 4.68 GPM Flow rate, but my ground water is much warmer then we thought. So we have seen much higher flow rates and still keeping the temp up. its just used more power

[Yeekiee]

I’d hate to have a tankless water heater installed outside with all that copper out in California 😂

[mikehawk]

I live in a RV. Right now I have the stock gas/electric HWH. All I use my hot water for is showering. I do have a dishwasher but it has its own heating element. Would a electric HWH be enough for me? And how long can you shower with an electric on demand HWH?

[RodrickSimmons-osex]

If you have power outage and have a standby generator. The generator may have a hard time getting the electric hot water heater; water hot. Something to consider.

[sunoh]

Has anyone done the utility cost analysis of Tankless GAS vs ELECTRIC?

[Gabe-bznk]

I am a plumber and if you want to install electric remember the capacity of gpm greatly diminish vs a gas .
I don’t doubt that electric will be the top water heaters in the future but right now the technology is not there

[james]

You failed to mention the safety aspect. I'll take electric over gas any day to avoid gas leaks and fires/explosions.

[JohnLee-dbzt]

Of course plumbers prefer the gas tankless heater because they make more money with installation and maintenance. 😂

[Silentgenius]

I prefer electric. It's safer, cleaner for the environment, and requires less. Although it is for a 2 story house, there are only 2 - 3 of us, and we aren't excessive with the hot water.

[ivantrance]

For outdoor installation, what is the sound each unit produces?

[dedrickcarter]

Nothing has been more relied on then a 40
Gallon gas

[vahanmherian]

Can you install electric tankless water heater outdoors?

[fmradio]

That nonstop background music is so freaking annoying. I cant comprehend what your saying. when you talk to your customers, do you have the music playing in the background?

[randomdude]

Plumbers will always tell you gas tankless water heaters because they make a big profit in gas installation. Electric ⚡️ is the much cheaper and safer.

[brooke-off]

Anyone know what error code h103 is on a rheem tankless electric? Brand new no hot water through it and getting that code.

[avsararas]

Direct solar water heater is the best.

[MrTwinkieeater]

Operating costs are too variable from place to place because of cost per kwh, ground water temp, temp setting, demand and flow rates. Electric is 100% efficient vs less than 100% for gas.

[ptech]

Every electric on demand I’ve seen is about 90 amps. So for the average 200 amp service half will be for one appliance, no thx.