Rinnai vs takgi is one better??
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Just curious does anyone have an opinion rinnai vs takagi??
Just curious does anyone have an opinion rinnai vs takagi??
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takagi is easier to install, better service and they're not under recall...
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You talking waterheaters, area heaters...what?
water...
area heaters in a takgi are very very rare here....
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water heaters
I choose the Tagachi due to its lower flow rate. The K-3 model fires up at 0.5 gpm and will continue to run as low a 0.4 gpm. I believe the Rinnai was .66 or .75?
The low flow is important to me while rinsing dishes or shaving. And sometimes the water pressure when the sprinklers are running slows the regular flow, therefore I don't wanna be caught cold.
And the price was better.
Rinnai has the No. 1 market share in Japan, followed
by Paloma. Both companies have had some extremely
serious PL problems of late.
PL?
PL as in product liability.
PL????
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did Paloma fix their heat exchangers so that they don't freeze up if the heater goes unused for a while???
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Dunno about freezing though unuse, but I think all these
heaters are subject to breakage through freezing, aren't
they? I lost one that way.
they're the only one I've seen do that...
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talkingdog-
So my Rinnai through the wall vented heater will break if left in an unheated house that freezes?
My heater that froze was outside. It was a pretty old one and did
not have a pilot light.The one that I have indoors (mini-heater) above the kitchen sink
does have a pilot light, which we leave lit.My understanding is that these things have an exchanger made of
light gauge brazed metal that just sits there all the time full of
water. Since it's uninsulated, it stands to reason that if it should
get cold enough to freeze the water inside your heat exchanger it's
gonna burst.I suspect the more modern units must have some countermeasures for
this.
the size of the flue and it's arangement, the slightest down draft causes then to freeze most often...
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That's a bit of a relief from concern, not that I plan to leave it unattended in freezing weather but...
Probably somewhere in an early 2000 unit so I appreciate your comments. Thanks.
<<So my Rinnai through the wall vented heater will break if left in an unheated house that freezes?>>It has a freeze resisting circuit that heats it up if it gets cold enough to risk freezing. But if you turn the power and gas off and leave the house for the winter you better drain the pipes and also drain the water heater same as you would for a tank style water heater. Rinnai does make an automatic drain that activates when the power shuts down but it's pricey. I just tell my customers to drain their water heaters if they are at risk for freezing due to a power failure.------------------
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What I'm dealing with is a Rinnai thru the wall vented propane furnace, as yet no water heaters.
Since I've put a woodstove in there has been the discovery of no need for the backup Rinnai so it will probably end up in the dome cottage which could have unheated moments which was my concern.
be concerned
It's very easy to drain them. Even if you don't have flush ports you can pull the brown plastic filter cap on the intake port (and clean the filter) and pop the pressure releaf valve on the hot water out and she's flushed. Just remember to put the filter back in and reset the pop-off valve before you turn the water back on. In some conditions leaving the pop off valve open all winter could cause it to not seal well when it is set back so a small investment of a couple of boiler drains and tees would not be a bad idea. Dome cottage? sounds interesting. Did you see that little dome my daughter and I built this summer? I'm aching to do a semi-buried ferro concrete dome with a radiant floor. Kind of a hobbit house concept.------------------
"You cannot work hard enough to make up for a sloppy estimate."
little dome my daughter and I built this summer?
Seems familiar but refresh a link...
http://www.chandlerdesignbuild.com/indexFull.php?id=curvedWalls&t=Curved%20WallsScroll down to the bottom.M------------------
"You cannot work hard enough to make up for a sloppy estimate."
Cool beans and she knows she had a direct hand in it which makes it all the better.