water heater uses like 30-40 dollars worth of electricity a month
what a waste of money!
is there a downside to turning this thing off and taking only cold showers?
water heater uses like 30-40 dollars worth of electricity a month. what a waste of money!
No hot showers
Definitely not, but make sure you don't use the hot taps for two to three weeks after you turn it off. After this you can go ahead and use the hot taps for drinking and showers, just keep in mind it won't actually be hot.
>make sure you don't use the hot taps for two to three weeks after you turn it off
Why?
So it will grow a bunch of nasty bacteria and hopefully cause OP to shit self to death.
For flavor
Sanitation. Stuff likes to grow in warm places so you have to let it all cool off then let everything die
Thanks for reminding me to turn down the dial on mine anon. What a waste, even if it’s nat gas not electric. You know, if electric everything is so much better, why do electric water heaters suck and cost way more than nat gas ones?
I just moved to an all electric house and unless i turn the baseboards on i dont notice a huge price difference but i do enjoy reliable 140f hot water all the time
>140f hot water
holy crap are you sous videing yourself?
Washing dishes is gonna be difficult
There are many other ways to save $40 a month that don't involve compromising comfort. You could also just stop being poor.
>just stop being poor.
get a load of this moron who has never left his moms basement and has all his food bought for him and rent paid and electricity and water paid and where mommy wipes his ass for him and spoonfeeds him dinner talk about someone else not being poor when he dont realise all that comfort shit costs money and people have to work to pay bills and put food on the table.
go back to suckin your moms titty you underage toddler homosexual you have no idea how the real world works
seething poorgay
Stupid poor people
Stupid poor people
I have more money than you
just stop being poor
You should really try not being poor.
If $40 a month is a significant amount of money for you then you unironically do need to stop being poor.
What third-world shithole do you live in? Water heater runs me ~$6USD/mo in Natural Gas.
Literally any country more developed than burgerland has more expensive electricity. Probably one of the reasons they invest more in infrastructure and efficiency.
Usually it's third-world shitholes that have cheap, unreliable electricity.
>first worlders aren't allowed to cool their homes
Kek
Serious question, why don't Euros have AC?
they dont take showers either. think about it
Check the HDI indez m8, the US is on par with Japan and Israel.
washing machines and dishwashers need hot water to preform efficiently. try flushing it out and check the elements and anode rod. or how about just being more aware of how much hot water you use?
>Dishwashers
Washing dishes by hand comes out better than the dishwasher can accomplish.
>Washing Machines
The wash cycle of a washer machine can be done by hand and only takes ten minutes.
You're saving 500ish dollars by not buying these appliances.
But I waste more than $500 of my time doing these tasks by hand.
time to wash dishes by hand = 10 min
dishes frequency = 1 / day = 30 / month
time to wash laundry by hand = 10 min
laundry frequency = 1 / week = 4 / month
total time = 4*10 + 30*10 = 340 min / month = 5.66 hr / month
>6 hours of my time is worth $500
Do you make $150k/yr or something?
>20 minutes of my time is worth
>He only needs one dish to eat whatever disgusting bullshit he eats
>He thinks it will take 10 minutes to wash a weeks worth of clothing
What a moronic larp
I'd love to hear your process for doing laundry by hand in 10 minutes.
> Figures out how to spend only 10 minutes a week doing laundry
> Decide to wear only a loincloth to minimize the amount of clothing to wash
> Save time and energy by reducing the number of laundry loads
> Enjoy the freedom and simplicity of wearing minimal clothing
I can feel the savings running through my veins right now. I have achieved perfection.
and who is paying you on your free time?
you're an idiot
take the tankless pill
>invest 5 grand to save 40 bucks a month
by the time you break even you'll need to replace it
m8 they're like $1000-2500 for gas and literally 500-1000 bucks for an electric, the frick you talking about
you need significantly more amps for electric tankless than a tank
you need a bigger gas line for gas tankless than tank
you need an intake vent for gas tankless
a gas tankless has to vent directly outside, you cant use your chimney like you can with a tank
all these costs in labor and material add up quick
fricking moron
tankless water heaters are garbage. combys are straight bullshit, viessman. bosch. rennai. whatever the frick. just go to lowes and get a 40g foir 800bucks instead
Turn it on 15 minutes before you want hot water.
If it is electric, put a timer on it so it comes on about an hour a day total, you will save a bunch of juice.
Spend a few hours and not much money lagging the heater and pipes. Then turn the tank temperature down. Then your monthly bill is gonna be 50-60% of what it was
OP post water heater specs nothing modern should be that expensive to run. That or E bill.
What kind of third world shithole thread is this? There's no way your heater is costing $40 a month. It's less than $200 for an entire year for me at 140f. You either live in a shithole country or some destopian europoor country.
>tfw solar water heater with vacuum tubes
Feels good not being moronic.
>he only takes hot showers when the sun gives him permission
NGMI
>what is a 500L insulated container full of hot water to use from 17:00 to 8:00
I don't understand the question