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Old 04-03-2009, 12:06 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by The Atomic Ass View Post
My father has tried to explain to me that the incoming cold water is heated by the hot water already in the tank, which while being true, wouldn't it still require the same energy...
"Honor thy father..." if you like, but don't depend on him as a source of technical advice :-)

Your analysis is correct, but I thnk a better & cheaper solution than using on-demand heaters everywhere would be to get a solar hot water system to maintain the temperature in your storage tank.
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