Can a tankless Water heater work well with Sulphur water?
I’m wanting to replace my old water heater with a tankless system. My old water heater is full of sulphur deposits from my sulphur well so instead of buying another one I would rather sink my money into a tankless system.
It will have to be electric as we don’t have access to gas here.
So will a tankless system work ok with Sulphur Water. Of course we treat it with chlorine but it’s not always filters through carbon. Right now my filter is down.
Also, which tankless system is considered the best? Someone said it needs more electricity too.
Would I be better off to stay with a tank system for some reason?
What kind of total cost would I be looking at in Tennessee to have such a thing installed typically?
Any and all information relative to this would be greatly appreciated. Any helpful links to information is appreciated as well.
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I installed one of these Tankless Hot Water Heaters at one of my Rental Condo’s and it is Great!!!!!!! Everyone likes it because there is more room and no hot water storage tank…….The one I purchased was the Electric Unit from Lowes, I can’t at the present time tell you what the Make is. I do know that it takes between 6 – 8 gauge Electric Cable and it takes 3 seperate Electric Cable Lines running to it with a total of 3 – 240 Volt – 20 Amp. Breakers.
It all works by how much water usuage is being used, it has 3 seperate tanks inside the unit that heats water only when needed………..it works very well……….
I installed one at my home along side of the Natural Gas 30 gallon unit and I have not put it to use yet……..I have it totally hooked up and all I would have to do is turn on the breakers and change the position of 2 water valves……….
I think that if you don’t have one already installed you should install a Water Softner and have it recharge every other day and that should get rid of your sulfer water, plus soft water is easier to heat than hard water………..a Very Good Brand of Water Softner is "Water Boss", it is a very small unit that holds 4 bags of salt and only uses about 14 gallons of water to recharge and also goes through about 1 bag of salt a month………if you don’t have a large amount of rust in the water, you could set it to recharge when needed and it would do it itself………and then you would most likely only use maybe a half a bag of salt a month………Water Boss is a Very Good Product and it is OHIO MADE………It is also Stamped Made In The USA………..
Well, Good Luck and if you Need any further questions answered, you can Email me………..
Have A Good Day…………………
Hi from Niagara Falls … I do know that a natural gas tankless system costs me about 2 thousand dollars to install for a customer… I would have to charge the customer approximately 3500.00 to install it (all inclusive) thats probably why I have never landed a job installing one yet. The average BTU for a gas tankless is about 180,000 BTU, which is alot more than the old standard tank style which only required about 30,000 BTU. Therefore, I imagine that the electric tankless would require alot more electricity, and probably at least a double pole 40 amp breaker and 6 or 8 X3 wire. The fact that an electric water heater has no chimney, could drastically lower the cost of the installation. Keep in mind an instant tankless water heater has many small passages for the water to travel through to allow good, fast heat transfer. I would think that the passageways could get easily clogged without proper water filtration, and regular flushing and maintenance on the water heater …according to its manufacturers instructions. Good luck !
Well, that’s the first positive thing I’ve read about an electric tankless water heater.
The electrical demand is HUGE – make sure that you panel can handle it before going any further. Note that when I was looking at them, the ones I came across took more than one 220VAC circuit (4 breakers) and that fact was sorta tucked away in the details.
As for the sulfur, call the manufacturer directly to ask that question – it may affect the warrantee.