Jb9
Member
Hello,
I am hopefully going to be using a small lowboy tanked water heater in a very small dwelling unit I am building in the spring. I backed off of tankless due to the fairly low temperature of incoming water. My hope is that I can fit the lowboy under a kitchen counter or perhaps even put it in a conditioned 40" crawlspace (that would be ideal but I don't know if the AHJ is going to allow it). I just read about some folks using a tempered tank to perhaps allow the water to come up to room/ambient temps to reduce the Delta T required by a tankless unit...
Here's a link to one of the tempered tank units I read about:
https://www.flexconind.com/products/well-tanks/flex-lite-fls-and-flu-well-tanks/
I'm wondering if maybe putting one of these in the crawlspace could be more of a code-compliant solution to DHW for a very small space (12'x16' with a loft).
Anyone ever use one of these NON-INSULATED tanks as a buffer to increase the probability of a successful tankless installation?
Thanks.
I am hopefully going to be using a small lowboy tanked water heater in a very small dwelling unit I am building in the spring. I backed off of tankless due to the fairly low temperature of incoming water. My hope is that I can fit the lowboy under a kitchen counter or perhaps even put it in a conditioned 40" crawlspace (that would be ideal but I don't know if the AHJ is going to allow it). I just read about some folks using a tempered tank to perhaps allow the water to come up to room/ambient temps to reduce the Delta T required by a tankless unit...
Here's a link to one of the tempered tank units I read about:
https://www.flexconind.com/products/well-tanks/flex-lite-fls-and-flu-well-tanks/
I'm wondering if maybe putting one of these in the crawlspace could be more of a code-compliant solution to DHW for a very small space (12'x16' with a loft).
Anyone ever use one of these NON-INSULATED tanks as a buffer to increase the probability of a successful tankless installation?
Thanks.