[Shop-talk] tankless hot water

[John Miller]

> Not much help with the tankless, but as a fellow resident of a
> temperate climate near Atlanta, how is it that your water heater can
> live in the attic and not freeze?  Is it a heated utility space, or
> something else?

Our tankless lives in the attic along with a bunch of electronics and 
heat is a much bigger problem than freezing, but then we live halfway 
between San Francisco and San Jose.

One other note on the tankless - they typically have a little control 
panel to set various options - outlet temperature, etc.  Our Noritz goes 
offline if you have a power failure, and someone has to go push the 'on' 
button.

I'd originally put the control panel in the attic near the water heater, 
and it quickly proved necessary to relocate it somewhere in the living 
space where my wife could push the 'on' button when necessary.

John.