capercanuck
New Member
Hi,
I have a question which might be weird.
I have some rental properties that have heating and domestic hot water supplied from oil hot water furnaces. Domestic hot water is through the coil of the furnace.
One duplex is complaining of a lack of domestic hot water. My furnace guy has recommended either replacing the coil, or going with an indirect hot water heater (water tank heated by the coil).
I'm not sure if it matters, but Kwh here is .$12347.
I'm looking at the cost of the indirect, versus installing a 30 gallon electric hot water tank as a "pre-boost" to the existing coil.
The electric option on the front side is much less expensive.
Is it even possible to do this? I'm an electrical contractor and the material/labour costs will be minimal, but I'm wondering will this work?
Thanks in advance!
I have a question which might be weird.
I have some rental properties that have heating and domestic hot water supplied from oil hot water furnaces. Domestic hot water is through the coil of the furnace.
One duplex is complaining of a lack of domestic hot water. My furnace guy has recommended either replacing the coil, or going with an indirect hot water heater (water tank heated by the coil).
I'm not sure if it matters, but Kwh here is .$12347.
I'm looking at the cost of the indirect, versus installing a 30 gallon electric hot water tank as a "pre-boost" to the existing coil.
The electric option on the front side is much less expensive.
Is it even possible to do this? I'm an electrical contractor and the material/labour costs will be minimal, but I'm wondering will this work?
Thanks in advance!
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