what temperature can it reach, would it get warm enough for a shower ?
740551
Goodness! Guess that depends on how cold it is outside. It only gets "lukewarm feeling" when my hands are freezing. When the weather is not freezing or below freezing, it doesn't kick on. For instance, if it's 40degs. the water does not warm.
740552
No, it doesn't get warm enough for a shower. It does, however, keep water from freezing even when it's -22 degrees (I live in Wisconsin).
1426650
at room temp 20-22C runs warm to touch but not hot... avoid boxing it in and hot conditions, running nonstop may reduce lifespan...i try not to run it nonstop but if i do it just runs warm and i keep it suspended
2247673
The output temperature is dependent on the input temperature, flow and flame adjustment. At my daughter's house (with a well and therefore pretty low input temperature of around 60 degrees f.) we were able to adjust the flame to provide output temperature to a comfortable temperature for the shower (around 90 degrees f.). We could also adjust the output temperature considerably higher, but did not test the upper limit because there was no need to.
1352279
I'm guessing that you are starting with really cold water. The heater can only raise the temperature up just so much - 40-50 degrees, I don't remember. The trick is to discharge the heated water into your source bucket which heats it up and pretty quick you'll have water coming out of the discharge end way hotter than you'd want to shower in. Hope this helps.
628730
Yes. We have tested in it a small bathroom which gets steamy from the hot shower. It holds well. Other customers may be able to attest to this as well. In fact, one of the user photos shows it in a bathroom.
1952236
I have run two showers at one, there is no change in the temp of the water, just the pressure. You can run the tap for hot and it does not rob the hot water from the shower, Temperature is maintained no matter what. My only problem is trying to get my 13 year old daughter to decrease her time in the shower from 30 min down to 15, Never runs out of hot water.
638680
This is a 7 gallon heater so it will not replace a 40 gallon heater. If the thermostat is set to 140 degrees it will provide a good hot shower and recovery is quick.
2048007
Mine works really really well. I searched and searched and finally chose this one, i wanted hotel style towel warming. I thread two towels, one on top and one on bottom and they are very warm when i get out of shower. I would estimate about an hour or so to heat up to full capacity. Hope this helps i am a happy customer
652468
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.
531777
I really don't know the exact temp but they are warm. I let my towels warm before I get ready to shower and then turn it on again ( It auto shuts after 20 min.) just to make sure they are really warm for me. And they feel so nice...NOTE...Don't roll the towels, just drop them in the warmer, it works so much better that way. Also, don't put more that 1 towel at a time.
1952239
I can run both of my showers at once without a problem, and I have two really high-flow shower heads, so if you have anything modern that's regulated down to 2.5gpm, I'm sure you could do at least three--probably at least four--without a problem. Also, my unit is set to 120 degrees, but you can set a dip-switch inside the unit to take it up to 140 degrees, which would allow for even more.
1390403
Take a plastic bottle of water, place it where you plan to stage the shower. At random points of the day sample the heat of the water - that's how hot the shower will be. You get out of it what you put into it - if you have partialy sunny area, you'll get partially warm water.
447442
honestly I wouldn't think it would do well in the shower. the light would be enough. but I think the moisture would get to it
171465
as long as you have a protected spot to warm the shower that gets good sun. i use mine in the winter by letting it warm in a protected sun room that is enclosed in acrylic, out of the weather and wind.
1061656
Don't know temp but it does get hot. I am disappointed in it for a couple of reasons. 1. It did not remove calcium in shower. 2. When using to steam my outside small window, the water ran down my arm. It was a mess. I think it is worthless. I put it in a closet never to see the light of day again. Sorry, did not think its worth more then $35.00. I spent about $100.00.
1636236
We purchased this heater as a sole supplier of hot water. With the gallons per minute supply it provides, it's more than addequate for our needs. Now, we don't run a shower stall off of it though. So, I wouldn't be a viable source to say this is adequate in that regard.
811922
I am heating my bathroom with it (90 sqft). Our place is well insulated and it usually doesn't get below 40 degrees here so that would be the qualifier. Doug Doyle