The tech costs more than conventional options upfront, but federal tax credits, new 120V models and strong savings have made them more appealing than ever.
That’s not constant throughput though. That’s absolute peak possibilities.
Editing to add:. FWIW, it also didn’t increase the monthly average electrical usage at all… In fact, I believe I had a small reduction in the average… It was replacing a significantly older traditional 30 gallon electric water heater.
FYI that’s almost 9000 watts of power to supply that thing, which is about 9 microwaves or 3 electric ovens worth.
That’s not constant throughput though. That’s absolute peak possibilities.
Editing to add:. FWIW, it also didn’t increase the monthly average electrical usage at all… In fact, I believe I had a small reduction in the average… It was replacing a significantly older traditional 30 gallon electric water heater.