Access to hot water is immediate or long should I wait for hot water arrives at my shower?
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I would say that that would depend on at least two things. First how cold your water coming into the house is and how far the shower is from the unit. In my Arizona home, the furthest shower is about 50 feet from the unit and the water coming in is about 60 most of the year if not warmer. I turn on the shower and it is hot in less then a minute. I have the unit set at 106 degrees and my electric bill is now less 30%.
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Claudia; this unit gives instant water at the source. Water temp. is adjustable with the simple turn of a button.
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It all depends on how far it has to travel to the shower. It takes a minute to get to my kitchen sink, because the heater is in my back room. For me, it takes no longer than the old propane tank I had before I got the tankless one.
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Depending on how far it is from the Ecosmart heater to your shower, it should start getting warm, then hot within 30 to 60 seconds. My heater is only 36 inches from my sink faucet and it gets warm after only 15 seconds, and is at 110 degrees (my setting) within 30 seconds. My EcoSmart unit is just used to give hot water to a utility sink in my shop. A shower my be calling for more hot water than I ask it to provide.
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Continued: Our unit was 15 ft. from the sink and water gets hot immediately.
855750
The review is accurate. It takes about 3 minutes for the hot water to be ready.
1911643
There would be no issue with that but the hot water will be delayed by the time the hot water gets to the location.
771366
I tapped into sink hot water (after drilling hole in part supplied). I have yet to use the hot water since it takes to long for the hot water to reach the area, clean is clean hot water or cold. WJ
1987647
Hot water is only produced when there is demand for it and there is a short delay while the water is heated. So, you can get a momentary cool water output, but I would not call it a problem. In fact, I hardly notice if it happens.
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if u have the plug in 110 yup should be fine 7 min quick shower 20 min recovery had mine 5 yrs so i dont have to use furnace in summer to heat hot water lov it
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Just run the facet to bring the water to the bathroom. That is what we do. I am a female and love the warm water feature. I put the first one (cold water because the other was higher, wish I went ahead and bought it anyway) in by myself, but needed help with the warm water one because we ended up replacing the lines under the sink that had rotted and we didn't know it until we started to connect the hot water line under the sink. DJ
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That is exactly what we did with ours. We installed it under our kitchen sink as the water heater is quite far from the kitchen and it was taking quite a while for the warm water to arrive. Now it is almost instantaneous. Julie
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no wait necessary as far as i can tell. i used mine for an hour and a half straight by turning off the sauna at the end of each 30 min session and turning back on. if you don't it cuts the time down by 5 minutes. a safety caution i imagine. i think the better question here is sanitation and the potential to get carbuncles and staff infections due to cross contamination. so the wait time should be considered the cleaning time. keep a bottle of bleach spray and a towel handy.
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Janet, it doesn't take too long once the warmer is heated up. Like an iron or oven, you have to turn it on and let it warm up for 15-30 minutes before you put your towel in. I usually get up, turn it on, plan my outfit, make coffee, etc. then put my towel in right before I take a shower. Then after the shower it's toasty warm. Overall, I've been pleased with it.
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It is warm right away. Occasionally there is a slight rise in temperature after the initial start of warm water.
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Not long but would be quicker to run under hot tap water warmer is better for storage and use
311223
Sorry, there is no hot water hookup. I don't care,though. I think it's great.
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There's a model with two control knob hot and cold, like in a faucet, control it there. This model suffice, it's great and you won't feel much of the cold water believed me. The model with hot water connection requires hole through your sink cabinet if that's what you have. Most haven't give much thought how it works but just about hot water. How long does hot water comes out from your faucet or shower head unless you just came out of the shower or washing your hand before you have the urges of doing something else? By the time the water is warm/hot, you wasted the cold reach the hot water. Still there the initial shock, cold water in the water line. There's a model with two control knob hot and cold, like in a faucet, control it there. This model suffice, it's great and you won't feel much of the cold water believed me. The model with hot water connection requires hole through your sink cabinet if that's what you have. Most haven't give much thought how it works but just about hot water. How long does hot water comes out from your faucet or shower head unless you just came out of the shower or washing your hand before you have the urges of doing something else? By the time the water is warm/hot, you wasted the cold reach the hot water.... » Read More There's a model with two control knob hot and cold, like in a faucet, control it there. This model suffice, it's great and you won't feel much of the cold water believed me. The model with hot water connection requires hole through your sink cabinet if that's what you have. Most haven't give much thought how it works but just about hot water. How long does hot water comes out from your faucet or shower head unless you just came out of the shower or washing your hand before you have the urges of doing something else? By the time the water is warm/hot, you wasted the cold reach the hot water. Still there the initial shock, cold water in the water line. « Show Less
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Not that Bad, Tom. I just timed it for you. In 60 seconds, standing right under it, I feel the heat. In 2 minutes, the heating element has gone from black to red to orange, and the heat is pretty good. My bathroom is kinda big, maybe 9 feet on a side, so the heater doesn't heat the room quickly, but I have it right over where we get out of the shower, and it makes a real difference. It's about a foot away from where I stand to use the sink, shaving etc., and by the time I'm done showering and at the sink, it really helps, especially in the miserable winter we just had. I put it on, if I remember, about five minutes in advance, but if I don't remember, it's still a help pretty quickly. Not that Bad, Tom. I just timed it for you. In 60 seconds, standing right under it, I feel the heat. In 2 minutes, the heating element has gone from black to red to orange, and the heat is pretty good. My bathroom is kinda big, maybe 9 feet on a side, so the heater doesn't heat the room quickly, but I have it right over where we get out of the shower, and it makes a real difference. It's about a foot away from where I stand to use the sink, shaving etc., and by the time I'm done showering and at the sink, it really helps, especially in the miserable winter we just had. I put it on, if I... » Read More Not that Bad, Tom. I just timed it for you. In 60 seconds, standing right under it, I feel the heat. In 2 minutes, the heating element has gone from black to red to orange, and the heat is pretty good. My bathroom is kinda big, maybe 9 feet on a side, so the heater doesn't heat the room quickly, but I have it right over where we get out of the shower, and it makes a real difference. It's about a foot away from where I stand to use the sink, shaving etc., and by the time I'm done showering and at the sink, it really helps, especially in the miserable winter we just had. I put it on, if I remember, about five minutes in advance, but if I don't remember, it's still a help pretty quickly. « Show Less
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It seems very quick. We've had three or four people take showers, one after the other, and have never run out of hot water. (Of course, none of them were teenagers. :) )
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Just running the hot water at the sink nearby will make the bidet the oerfect temp quickly :)