I have a two story 1700 ft home, 1.5 bath and 4 residents. Would this be enough to heat our water?
1248430
We use the water heater at our cottage, 1400 sf. 2 baths, with 2 people but lots of guests in the summer. It works well for us. We have even had someone shower while using the clothes washer with no loss of hot water. We had a Bosch previously which was lost with Hurricane Sandy, and this the Takagi is a better unit, more dependable, no cold water interruptions as before. We heartily recommend it and would buy it again.
1248431
Sure would. I previously had this unit in a similar sized home with 6 occupants. I bought another unit when I moved to Texas. There is nothing better than endless hot water. I highly recommend.
1248432
Could definitely keep up. I would recommend however to get a small reserve tank of about 10gallons with a recirc pump. Basically you get hot water direct from tank and them takagi refills IIT as you go. Very economical without having variations or time delay in water temp. I'm doing 2 of these in line this way for a 4000sq ft house right now in seattle area for a customer. Good luck.
1248433
Yes it would be fine for you. I have a two story house at 2300 sq feet with 3 full bathrooms and we love it. We can have two showers going at the same time with no problems. Just make sure your gas line feeding the takagi is big enough. I ran a 1" line to supply it. Also make sure you use a water softener/filter if you have hard or dirty water. Good luck!! Oh yea, you also need to be sure tour gas meter can handle the takagi along with everything else running gas in the house at the same time. I was lucky, my meter can handle over 350,000 BTU's
1248434
I have a 1875 sq ft home and two ocupants. Works great. Make sure the gas pipe size is 1" from the meter to the split/T and 3/4" (Not too long) from there to the unit and 4" exhaust pipe. Do not reduce the sizes. Good luck.
116143
The flow from my sink is pretty restricted, but the water is hot. It might work, but to be on the safe side, I'd go up the next bigger heater, assuming that you have access to the right amount of power.
2262885
Absolutely not!!! The unit is a great hot water heater, but this size unit is best for a smaller house and less bathrooms. They do make larger units that will satify your hot water demands. I reccommend that you go their website and look at the tables to properly size what you need.
680899
The model I purchased is probably more unit than I needed for a one bathroom house with a dish washer. 3-4 gallons per minute flow rate should accomodate most homes. Get a model with an adjustable thermostat.
211213
It would probably be better if you used a small electrical water heater. In order for this to heat the water, water must be flowing through the unit. It works great for our hot tub, but the pump must be running.
1878254
I did that, it works fine. It all depends on how many people are in the house versus outside temp (my pipes are under house) to determine how long the instant warm water lasts.
344102
I have 832 sq ft on a the 1st level and 512 sq ft upstairs in a well insulated outbuilding (Michigan). My unit is 60,000 BTU, in my 2nd winter and doing fine.
1441905
I use this to heat 350 square feet in Durham, NC. The winters are mild and the unit is most always on the low setting. I would buy the next size up and you can keep it on low instead of using this one with little to no spare capacity. I hope this helps.
876172
Resistance of the heater, R = (240 V)^2 / 5500 W = 10.47 ohmCurrent draw, I = V/R = (110 V) / (10.47 ohm) = 10.50 ampHeating Power at 110 V, P = (110 V)^2 / (10.47 ohm) = 1155 W, 21% of rated power.Normal wiring will be fine, just make sure its rated above 10.5 amp, 14 AWG or thicker should be sufficient.A standard 15 amp circuit will work, but your water will heat up slowly, 7.6 seconds per gallon per degree FahrenheitAt 240 V your heat up rate would be 1.6 seconds per gallon per degree Fahrenheit
850679
Yes. I have a 2600 square ft hm. It heats the whole house..as a back up. Even upstairs.
344854
This Unit will heat a 800 ft2 space just fine. I do this professionally, and anyone who says you need a 2 ton is an armchair tech. Unless you live way north or have no insulation at all. And yes, the more centrally located the better.
697147
Yes you can I am assuming that your water lines are cpvc and have the appropriate heat rating. You can find the rating printed on the pipe itself. The water heater will only heat to 140. You can bump that to 160 but need to install the commercial controller. Hope this helps.
1920986
My attic is 1000 sq ft. The twenty watt unit has made a significant in oir ability to cool our upstairs, we no longer feel heat radiating from our ceiling. If the surface area of your attic is 1700 sq ft i would install two attic fans
1231868
I'm not sure, I have a 250 watt for 90 gallons which I am using in an outside pond - totally under water. And it's doing great. You really need to call a pet shop for the answer - sorry. Even if the wattage is overkill, it's oK ; it will not come on pass the setting you set. So if you set it on 76 degrees and the water in your tank is 78 degrees it just won't come on.
1526597
Not very.... I live in New England and I use 1 to supplement baseboard heat to poor results.... I'm going to add a zone to my hot water system...
2262882
I believe this unit is too small for your needs. If this unit is intended to be used as a whole house water heater, then you need a larger unit.
933373
Technically this is difficult to answer, without seeing your exact set up. The big issue with these is that they do have specific venting requirements, with special pipe etc. If you can satisfy those, you should be good to go as the unit itself does not put out a lot of heat (ours is a 2 person household. YMMV if you have this running for hours keeping up with multiple showers etc.) Our hangs in a relatively tight attic "crawl space" in condo - and very satisfied.