Low amperage, lowest cost point of use electric water heater tank for low volume use?

[Melissa2007B]

Anyway, after all the discussion of other things:

I'm looking for a low amperage, lowest possible cost point-of-use electric water heater tank for low volume use.

 

[Reach4]

Anyway, after all the discussion of other things:

I'm looking for a low amperage, lowest possible cost point-of-use electric water heater tank for low volume use.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosch-2-5-gal-Electric-Point-of-Use-Water-Heater-ES-2-5/206428467 1440 watts $158.14
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Eccotemp-2-5-gal-Electric-Mini-Tank-Water-Heater-EM-2-5/205811497 1440 watts $131.86

What does low amperage mean to you? Taken literally, you would be better off with a 240 volt unit.

 

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[Melissa2007B]

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Bosch-2-5-gal-Electric-Point-of-Use-Water-Heater-ES-2-5/206428467 1440 watts $158.14
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Eccotemp-2-5-gal-Electric-Mini-Tank-Water-Heater-EM-2-5/205811497 1440 watts $131.86

What does low amperage mean to you? Taken literally, you would be better off with a 240 volt unit.

As I mentioned before in this thread, I don't need "instant", so it can have a small tank and low amperage and just plug into 120VAC. I mean, even 4 amps when it's heating, would give 140 degree water in the tank for that small a volume of water ( maybe 8 gallons a day max ).

 

[Reach4]

As I mentioned before in this thread, I don't need "instant"

What does "instant" mean to you? Those have 2.5 gallon tanks. Those take the same power as a plug-in electric heater, but they don't come with power cords.

So you are looking for something with a tank smaller than 2.5 gallons that draws less than 1200 watts, comes with a 120 VAC power cord, for under $100? Anything else?

 

[Jadnashua]

As I said, if you can find a 240vac unit and you change or add a plug to it so it will connect to a 120vac circuit, if, at 240vac it drew 10A, it would only draw 5A when plugged into the 120vac circuit. It would not recover as fast, but with a slow draw and a big enough tank, it could easily do what you want. Most all of the 120vac units are designed to pull near the max on a 15A circuit at 120vac.

Any 'instant' hot water system is going to need fairly high power to make your desired outlet temperature.