It might be too late now, but the thriving metropolis of Pah-rump has great
solar possibilities for the electrical outlay of a small pump...
Dave Seely
1141 XF/VOT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Wennerberg" <jonw@up.net>
To: "'DrMayf'" <drmayf@teknett.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 2:40 PM
Subject: RE: No LSR The Great Move IN....
> Well, DrMayf, this ain't directly on LSR topic, but here're some comments
> about your new digs:
>
> I've thought about those slick "on-demand" water heaters, but the 9kW draw
> is one heck of a hit on the ol' 200-amp service. Nancy and I use so
little
> hot water that I was planning to put the instant heaters in the house when
> we redo it this spring. Save holding water hot, I figgered. . .
>
> But the cost of the wiring and the other stuff -- ain't worth it. For
many
> years I've used a regular ELECTRIC water heater -- garden variety type, 30
> gallon or so. I wrap it with the 10-doller water heater insulation
blanket
> I get down at the Fleet-Farm store, and then wrap it with yet another of
> those 10-buck blankets. Then I power it through a timer. I shower in the
> AM, so have the heater come on at 5.15AM or so -- shortest possible time
is
> a little less than an hour, so the thing is shut off just before 6 ayem.
>
> I never never never ran out of hot water, even when we had been gone for a
> couple of days and had shut the damn thing off when we left and I came
home
> looking forward to a shower right now, not in an hour. Now.
>
> There's always more than enough hot water to shower and wash dishes and
> clean your private parts and everything -- even with the heater being
> "enabled" for only that 45 minutes a day. My electric bill seldom
exceeded
> 40 bucks for a month, even including the fact that all utilities in the
> house were electric (stove, water pump, some baseboard heating, etc).
>
> Too late for you, Mayf, I fear, but others be on notice -- you don't have
to
> spend much to save on your hot water bill. Insulate like a son-of-gun and
I
> betcha you'll be satisfied.
>
> Yes I do shower each morning when we're at the Salt -- would do so at
> Maxton, too, but the barbecue restaurant stench detectors don't seem to
> work, so why bother?
>
> Jon E. Wennerberg
> Seldom Seen Slim Land Speed Racing
> #436 M/PS/G 1340 CC
> 2001: 200.471 mph - 2002: 220.554++
> Marquette, Michigan 49855
> (That's Way Up North)
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