I have a Bosch on demand LP fired water heater at my off-grid cabin. It works great. No tank to drain, only the piping, when I shut it down during winter months. Instant hot water whenever I do go up summer or winter.
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Upgrade NowBob, Wow! I'm glad my installer used the horizontal drilling method. How deep are those trenches?
The "old" Marathon tank was replaced because the new Marathon tank came with the geothermal system and has a different electronics and piping configuration. Nothing was wrong with the old Marathon, I sold it on Craigslist and got most of my original purchase price out of it. I had just installed it a little over two years prior because the 38+ year old Montgomery Wards water heater was starting to leak a wee bit. Which was partially due to a new well pump which had better water pressure. Domino effect.
I'm not sure how much my house cost to heat with the old forced air electric furnace because I never let it heat the house by itself. I always ran the wood furnace when I was home. It did run when I was at work or away for a weekend. I was never away for an entire month during the heating season. Entire house was/is electric. Electric backup water heater, electric range, electric cloths drier, electric blower on the wood furnace, electric backup heat in the geothermal unit. Previously we were on off peak with the electric furnace and water heater so that used to be at a lower rate. I'll have to check to be sure, but I recall that the electric bills are now typically in the $95-$150 range for summer and top out around $230 for one of the coldest winter month average winter bills are now around $180. I believe it used to top out in the $150 range when using the wood furnace for heat. EDIT: I corrected the monthly cost after looking at some of the actual bills.
I knew my electric bill would go up so I have no issue with the higher electric bill. Plus I no longer have to buy firewood, cut it, split it, stack it, buy tarps to cover it, haul it, clean out ashes, clean the chimney, buy all that gas and oil for the chain saw and log splitter, run up and down steps to feed the wood furnace, wake up to a house that's at 59°F (that's where I used to have the electric furnace set) and on and on. I should probably start a work out program to stay in shape, I'm not getting as much excersize as I used to.
Duh, Did not pick up on the salt tank. My acid neutralizer looks exactly like your resin tank which I refill twice a year with crusted limestone.I highly doubt that my water is acidic, the well is drilled into limestone. My water is certainly hard however. What you see in the photo is a light blue pressure tank hiding in back, the tall cylinder is the resin tank for the water softener and the blue plastic drum in front is the salt tank.
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