MaxBlack
Member
Been thinking about our ice cold well water and that we don't (directly) drink it, we have mixers at toilets to minimize sweating, and it seems it has to increase our hot water usage though of course valves should take care of that.
Our equipment room is warm in the winter owing to the HW heater and boiler and pipes, and so I'm thinking Why Not: set-up a WH after the pressure tank that is not connected to gas or electric. It's just a storage tank now. The water leaving it for the real HW heater and the CW lines in the house is from a 40 or 50 gallon tank that has been sitting in a warm place thus the "cold water" is no longer ice cold.
Are there any downsides to this other than e.g. sediment I'd have to keep-up after or ???
FWIW our drinking water is from our RO system at the kit sink, or from bottled water we buy at the grocery store. So the only issue with "tepid cold" is tooth-brushing which is no issue at all.
Our equipment room is warm in the winter owing to the HW heater and boiler and pipes, and so I'm thinking Why Not: set-up a WH after the pressure tank that is not connected to gas or electric. It's just a storage tank now. The water leaving it for the real HW heater and the CW lines in the house is from a 40 or 50 gallon tank that has been sitting in a warm place thus the "cold water" is no longer ice cold.
Are there any downsides to this other than e.g. sediment I'd have to keep-up after or ???
FWIW our drinking water is from our RO system at the kit sink, or from bottled water we buy at the grocery store. So the only issue with "tepid cold" is tooth-brushing which is no issue at all.