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Tankless Water Heater - Do any have a timer option?
June 03, 2020, 06:49 PM
VeeperTankless Water Heater - Do any have a timer option?
We're considering tankless water heater replacement options for our older Bradford White 40 Gal.
Do they make any where I can punch in a timer for 5 minutes for kids taking showers?
Sounds silly, but man it would be nice.
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”—H.L. Mencken June 03, 2020, 07:23 PM
trapper189How about plugging one end of an extension cord into one of those plug in timers for Christmas lights and leave the other end in the shower?
June 03, 2020, 09:19 PM
slosigIf it is really an issue, you could just turn it off.
June 03, 2020, 10:53 PM
jigray3quote:
Originally posted by Veeper:
Sounds silly, but man it would be nice.
Whats the objective? Economy?
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jimmy123xquote:
Originally posted by slosig:
If it is really an issue, you could just turn it off.
Problem is, the minute you turn it off, it's instant ice cold water. Not like a tank that has some reserve capacity. THat's the big downside of the electric tankless, lose power and lose all hot water immediately.
June 04, 2020, 12:38 AM
flesheatingvirusquote:
Originally posted by jimmy123x:
quote:
Originally posted by slosig:
If it is really an issue, you could just turn it off.
Problem is, the minute you turn it off, it's instant ice cold water. Not like a tank that has some reserve capacity. THat's the big downside of the electric tankless, lose power and lose all hot water immediately.
That would definitely get the kid out of the shower on time.
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June 04, 2020, 05:16 AM
4MUL8RYou can't control behavior of kids. It's been tried many times before.
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June 04, 2020, 06:40 AM
Veeperquote:
Originally posted by 4MUL8R:
You can't control behavior of kids. It's been tried many times before.
Still would be pretty awesome feature.
“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”—H.L. Mencken June 04, 2020, 08:17 AM
Georgeairquote:
That would definitely get the kid out of the shower on time.
Maybe not. Had a friend in pre-tankless days who had a daughter who would camp out forever in shower. He had two huge tanks, apparently a mistake.
One evening after she'd been showering forever he takes a couple beers to basement, shuts off hot water supply and settles in for some beer. After about 15-30 minutes of drinking turns it back on, goes back upstairs and low and behold she's still showering.
When asked WTF she tells him that the hot water ran out, she just hung out in the corner of the shower and waited for it to eventually warm back up again and then it DID!
Kids....
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June 04, 2020, 08:59 AM
RHINOWSO"Get the outta the shower" works around here.
June 04, 2020, 10:26 AM
HRKOur tankless Rheem came with a remote mount control, you can put it anywhere in the home, it's a simple two wire connection.
I put it in the garage, as we really don't use it for anything but setting the base temp. It does have power on and off, so you could just put the controller in your home and 5 minutes before you want the kids out, press off...
Just remember to turn it back on when you or momma want to use the hot water...
Der LinkenmeisterJune 07, 2020, 12:09 PM
sig2392Several companies have wireless controllers for tankless systems.
You can control it from you cell phone.
Here is the link to Rinnai wireless controller
https://www.rinnai.us/tankless...ter/accessories/wifi