anyone use an insinkerator?
richard
for one of these units.
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=200844-712-SST-FLTR&lpage=none
Strangely enough when I bought the trailer I mentioned this to the
dealer and he said that the owner of the company had just been in and
bought a trailer from them.
Robert Bonomi
Did you pay attention to the specs?
Capacity: 2/3 of a gallon
Recovery time: ten minutes
Good for feeding a sink, _not_so_good_ for supplying a shower.
Insinkerator makes really good stuff, but you have to stay within it's
limitations to be happy with it.
Tom J
> I am seriously considering ditching the 6 gallon water tank I have
> now
> for one of these units.
There are 2 important questions to ask before buying.
1. Will it operate on propane?
2. Will it operate on 110 volts?
If it will do neither, it's not for an RV. If it will do 2 but not 1,
you will not have hot water unless you have an on board generator -
motorhome in other words - in most cases.
Insinkerator makes good garbage disposals, but my bet is this water
heater is a retagged China product. I'd ask!!
Tom J
richard
Yes but it also said, "60 cups an hour". That adds up to one cup per
minute. So even with taking a shower it should handle the load. After
all, it is continously heating the water as it is passed through. Even
if it didn't heat the water to the 200 degrees, it beats a cold
shower.
Your house hot water system only puts out around 110 degrees or so at
the most.
I don't spend an hour in the shower anyway. I might take all of 15
minutes.
Advocate54
> minute. So even with taking a shower it should handle the load. After
> all, it is continously heating the water as it is passed through. Even
> if it didn't heat the water to the 200 degrees, it beats a cold
> shower.
> Your house hot water system only puts out around 110 degrees or so at
> the most.
>
>
> I don't spend an hour in the shower anyway. I might take all of 15
> minutes.
One cup per minute certainly won't feed your shower....the Insinkerator is
intended to be used to provide 190 degree water for a cup of tea or
supplying hot water for a serving of Ramen noodles; that's it.
There are instant hot water heaters that are suitable for RV use; these
manufacturers recommend a minimum of two gallon per minute heating rate
which will be suitable to run a shower and one faucet at the same time. The
cost of a instant hot water heater designed for your RV needs is not much
more than the Insinkerator.
Neon John
(Robert Bonomi) wrote:
>In article <90a525t2i26ldq96a...@4ax.com>,
>richard <mem...@newsguy.com> wrote:
>>I am seriously considering ditching the 6 gallon water tank I have now
>>for one of these units.
>>
>>http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=200844-712-SST-FLTR&lpage=none
>>
>>Strangely enough when I bought the trailer I mentioned this to the
>>dealer and he said that the owner of the company had just been in and
>>bought a trailer from them.
>>
>
>Did you pay attention to the specs?
>
> Capacity: 2/3 of a gallon
> Recovery time: ten minutes
IF you'd paid attention to the MATH, you'd know that it would probably
work. My calculation indicates that he'd have about 3 gallons of 95
degree water, given 60 deg incoming water. I can certainly take a
Navy shower with 3 gallons. If I included the recovery that occurs
between wetting down and rinsing then he'd have even more hot water.
The correct advice would be to consider something like a Hott Rod that
provides electric heat to the existing 6 gallon tank. Longer recovery
time but once hot, plenty of water for a relatively luxurious shower.
John
Max
"richard" <mem...@newsguy.com> wrote in message
news:24b5251rtf8qge0jb...@4ax.com...
I take only about 10 minutes but at 3 gallons per minute I don't think the
device would work for me.
YMMV
Max
Technobarbarian
"Max" <thesam...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:V8AUl.17942$jZ1....@flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com...
For RV use these tankless units look like they would be more practical:
This is the EEmax EX3512. IIRC it's possible to find them for $250.
According to the manufacturer you can get 48F temperature rise at 0.5 GPM or
24F rise at 1.0 GPM. They have other models if you have more power available
and need more hot water.
http://www.plumbingsupply.com/eemaxso.html
TB
Hunter Hampton
wrote:
That goes on your sink to make instant coffee and tea with..... it
doesn't replace a water heater.
You need a tankless water heater, not an instant coffee heater.
Hunter
Hunter Hampton
Hunter
Technobarbarian
> Yes but it also said, "60 cups an hour". That adds up to one cup per
> minute. So even with taking a shower it should handle the load. After
> all, it is continously heating the water as it is passed through. Even
> if it didn't heat the water to the 200 degrees, it beats a cold
> shower.
> Your house hot water system only puts out around 110 degrees or so at
> the most.
>
>
> I don't spend an hour in the shower anyway. I might take all of 15
> minutes.
In 15 minutes about the best you could hope for is 1.3 gallons of hot
water--the .67 gallon you started with and another .67 gallon about 10
minutes later . It says 60 cups an hour but that isn't continuous operation.
You would have 2/3 of a gallon that would start out at whatever temperature
the thermostat was set for and then it would quickly cool down until you
reached a point where it wasn't much warmer than your incoming cold water.
You would have to turn the hot water off for about 10 minutes to allow the
tank to recover. If you try to stretch out your hot water by running the
thermostat over 120F you risk getting scalded.
TB
Larry
> Yes but it also said, "60 cups an hour". That adds up to one
> cup per minute. So even with taking a shower it should handle
> the load.
Take a cup of water. Take 60 seconds to pour 1 c. water over your
body.