Trepidation
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During the spring and fall, my utility bill is usually rocking in the 150 dollar range. This seems really high since the only constant thing I run is my PC. I wouldn't be heating, and I am not running the air conditioner.
Here is my hair brained idea, and I want to see if this sounds like I am even in the right neighborhood. I have a newer well, it was drilled further away from my house and no longer comes up through the well house located off the side of my basement. They used the original well house for my pressure tank. It is all metal, and my basement usually is rather cool. I suspect the well house on average, is probably 5 degrees lower than the coldest part of my basement.
My water heater, is an electric, it is your typical hardware store 1998 variety (my memory wants to say 55gallons). Not great but not terrible... I get about 25 minutes of hot water out of the shower and then it goes from hot to nuclear winter.
What is the probability of my pressure tank sitting in a lower temperature wellhouse, acting like a gigantic heat sink and forcing my water heater to go berzerk just to keep the water at temperature?
It's just me, I love my long showers. I expect there to be a slightly higher bill because of the well pump... but I don't drink the water, it's just one person flushing the toilet, and like any bachelor... the only cooking I do is the occasional pot of macaroni and cheese.
If this idea isn't so far fetched, I was thinking of studding up the walls and spray foaming the well house. Then just throw a light bulb in on a thermostat. Either that or move the pressure tank into the basement. I'd really like a gas water heater, but I want to see if I can show improvement without adding more unpredictable variables to the mix.
Here is my hair brained idea, and I want to see if this sounds like I am even in the right neighborhood. I have a newer well, it was drilled further away from my house and no longer comes up through the well house located off the side of my basement. They used the original well house for my pressure tank. It is all metal, and my basement usually is rather cool. I suspect the well house on average, is probably 5 degrees lower than the coldest part of my basement.
My water heater, is an electric, it is your typical hardware store 1998 variety (my memory wants to say 55gallons). Not great but not terrible... I get about 25 minutes of hot water out of the shower and then it goes from hot to nuclear winter.
What is the probability of my pressure tank sitting in a lower temperature wellhouse, acting like a gigantic heat sink and forcing my water heater to go berzerk just to keep the water at temperature?
It's just me, I love my long showers. I expect there to be a slightly higher bill because of the well pump... but I don't drink the water, it's just one person flushing the toilet, and like any bachelor... the only cooking I do is the occasional pot of macaroni and cheese.
If this idea isn't so far fetched, I was thinking of studding up the walls and spray foaming the well house. Then just throw a light bulb in on a thermostat. Either that or move the pressure tank into the basement. I'd really like a gas water heater, but I want to see if I can show improvement without adding more unpredictable variables to the mix.