Comment on A conundrum
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 7 months agoAs long as you didn’t get a rental water heater, you did not get fucked.
Comment on A conundrum
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 7 months agoAs long as you didn’t get a rental water heater, you did not get fucked.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I have no idea what that is, but I dont think I wanna know. I did want tankless on demand, but the service guy convinced me it’s not worth it, and I regret my decision. Said I won’t save much because the power draw is much higher than a water heater, so even though the heater is always keeping it warm, the on demand still takes more. I think I may have needed additional wiring for the electric and believe that’s really the reason he swayed me away.
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Sounds like it is not common where you are, consider yourself lucky. Where I live, all new houses are built with predatory rental water heaters. $50-100/month forever. You end up paying the purchase price many times over. Electric tankless heaters use an insane amount of electricity when they operate. Overall they are more efficient, but the wiring needed to supply it will greatly increase the price, often requiring a panel upgrade and possibly an upgrade in service to the house.
HeyJoe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
What happens if or when it breaks? Since it’s rented, is that at the very least not on you? I would imagine any or all work on it shouldn’t cost you anything since you’re paying monthly for it? Not that I want that, but do you get anything for this rental fee?
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Yes, if it fails, they will either repair or replace it at least.