Electric tankless for whole house?

[Claraarcher]

Hi All,

Does anyone know of an electric hot water tank that can service a 2700 SFT home? assume 2 1/2 bath kitchen no other hot water using appliances

If there is one have you had any bad experiences with them?

Thanks!

 

[Jadnashua]

An electric Tank type heater can work...an electric tankLESS system, IMHO, is a joke except maybe for a single sink. It would be more of like an industrial power input to be able to supply enough hot water via an electric tankless system.

A fairly common GAS tankless system uses about a 200K BTU burner. Converting that to Kw-hr means 58.9Kwhr, and at 240vac input, equals about a 246-amp device...way more than most typical homes have for the rest of the whole place and a huge peak load that your utility would likely charge you a significant premium for to be able to support...IOW, not going to happen.

Forget an electric tankless system, and depending on where you live, a gas one may or may not be a good choice, either.