Browse Forums What's New Re: Hot water system (HWS) 5Sep 25, 2008 8:18 pm Blog http://wherethehearthis.blogspot.com/ Build https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=6634: Yard https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=27687&p=378401#p378401 Re: Hot water system (HWS) 8Sep 30, 2008 12:34 pm We were offered the Rinnai Infinity 26 as standard so we were quite happy to run with that for 2 adults and 2 kids. 'We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.' - Winston Churchill Re: Hot water system (HWS) 9Oct 09, 2008 1:23 am We have an instant electric system and it is the worse piece of cr*p that we have ever had the mispleasure of using. We have been in our current house for 7 yrs, in that time we have have paid $1200 (not including labour)firstly for a part, then a whole unit. We were told that the units only last between 5-10yrs max. Apart from that we can have showers without using any cold water at all, even miss7 uses it that way...water is not hot enough to use the cold, esp in winter, and we will get 2 minutes of hot water, then 5 minutes of cold in the kitchen, so trying to fill up a sink with hot water is just impossible, I normally have to boil up water to use in the sink...or use luke warm water to wash (blah not my thing!)
In the house we are building we will be having a gas storage unit- Rheem. No solar booster, but its something we will look at in the future. Have never used a storage unit before and am unsure if the one we are getting is even going to be big enough for us. Oh well I am just glad that we will eventually have something better than what we have now. Re: Hot water system (HWS) 10Oct 09, 2008 6:25 am It's a no brainer.
A solar HWS with a instantaneous gas booster is the ideal setup. rebates reduce the costs and away you go. You get free hot water all summer, and the booster lifts the water temperature if needed as you use it in winter. In winte the less rise in temperture difference means less gas to heat it to what you desire. go solar now and save for ever more. Steve Re: Hot water system (HWS) 11Oct 09, 2008 6:34 am monkeyupatree We have an instant electric system and it is the worse piece of cr*p that we have ever had the mispleasure of using. We have been in our current house for 7 yrs, in that time we have have paid $1200 (not including labour)firstly for a part, then a whole unit. We were told that the units only last between 5-10yrs max. Apart from that we can have showers without using any cold water at all, even miss7 uses it that way...water is not hot enough to use the cold, esp in winter, and we will get 2 minutes of hot water, then 5 minutes of cold in the kitchen, so trying to fill up a sink with hot water is just impossible, I normally have to boil up water to use in the sink...or use luke warm water to wash (blah not my thing!) what was the size of tank ? what tariff was it on ? Faulty element ? cheers Re: Hot water system (HWS) 15Oct 12, 2008 9:20 am People with instantaneous gas, do you find you can't use water saving shower heads?
We have instantaneous gas and i changes the shower head to water saver, and lost the hot water!!, changed it back, was all good. Now our hws is really old and i want to upgrade it, but i have been told you can't use water saver shower heads with instantaneous. Re: Hot water system (HWS) 16Oct 12, 2008 9:57 am mel you can't use the usual basic ones but there are some ones that are built for instantaneous systems.
I've seen them promoting water saving stuff in shopping centres here. You know those mobile display sellers. and there are a couple they had. Of course they were more expensive than the basic water saver shower heads. sorry I don'tremember the brand names. gas boosted solar hot water system 18Oct 17, 2008 9:37 pm We have recently designed most houses using gas continuous solar hot water system and no complaint so far. The secret is to make sure that the system matches the solar zoning of your suburb and that the tank size is sufficient to cater for number of occupants. Also remember to check their "recs" value for rebate
Ecosmart gas continuous solar system features slimline collector on the roof with on ground tank (http://www.ecosmart.com.au/gas_hot_water.html). Zouk Architects P 1300 662 028 F 02 8456 5952 E info@zoukarchitects.com.au www.zoukarchitects.com.au Re: Hot water system (HWS) 19Oct 23, 2008 7:20 am We installed a rinnai 26 lpg instant with controllers , and we use a water saver shower without any trouble . I think one of the best things about the instant gas is the dial a temperature , press 42 degrees and that is what you get all the time every time , and the water is raised to the temp you select , where storage units raise it to a greater temp than you need then you add cold to the hot water to get the temp you need ,
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