Dargo
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- Joined
- Mar 6, 2004
- Messages
- 5,974
- Location
- S. IN
- Tractor
- Jinma, Foton, TYM, Belarus, Yanmar, Branson, Montana, Mahindra and maybe some green and orange too.
Another plumber that wouldn't have one. All the above reasons. My concern also is that if it fails, I don't have a clue how to work on the controls. The last two I had anything to do with had to be sent back to the factory while under warranty. A long wait for hot water until it came back. I had my supplier finally admit that if a customer hired me to do the required clean and checks to maintain the warranty, it would actually cost more per gallon than a good electric.
I went to a class and became certified to install my own. Every single part in my tankless water heaters can be replaced. You can count on pitching your tank water heater completely every 15 years or so on average. I'd much rather replace a part than an entire system.
As I stated before; clean, maintain?? In 5 years I've not touched them. I 'cleaned' two of them only to find they had no need for cleaning. This is beginning to sound to me like the guys with horses and buggys talking about how terrible those motorized machines are. LOL