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Originally Posted by NE19149
Regarding people that are PARANOID about water heaters LEAKING:
You know, there ARE devices to prevent major flooding...
There's a solonoid-operated shutoff valve that detects even a tiny layer of water on the basement floor, and shuts off the flow to the heater, as well as setting off an audible alarm.
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I forgot to mention this, as well. Saw it on one of the TV home repair/improvement shows.
And todays tank heaters are quite efficient.
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Originally Posted by billy ross
Your temperature is set too high. Lower the temperature and your shower will have less cold, more hot water, and you will be less likely to fall below the minimum threshold. Alternatively, remove the flow restricter from your showerhead and take a real shower - that will increase the gpm through the infernal machine.
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THis is my new mantra. Minimum flow rate. Repeat. I'v tried everything with this machine, including setting the temp at the lowest, and still, it comes back to flow rate. I may yet remove the restrictor, however. If that doesn't work, a reenactment of the copier scene from
Office Space is in order.
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Originally Posted by billy ross
Tankless heaters have non-ferrous heat exchangers. These are much less prone to rot out and fail. On both tank-type and instantaneous heaters one can buy valves to install on the feeds which measure the flow rate and shut down if an equal amount does not run both into and out of the unit (like a lifted relief valve or a failed tank). These are great when there are living spaces immediately below the awh. In addition, when a 40 gallon heater fails, it doesn't spew out any more water than an instantaneous tank would. The tank never actually drains; the water which leaks out is replaced with new water coming in from the street. Even when you secure the incoming water, the tanks don't really drain, as the water is locked in until the vacuum is broken.
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This is a better way of explaining what I was trying to write down thread.