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Diver
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Judy,
You can mount them anywhere (depends if you buy vented or ventless) but they are typically placed in a location that is central to your hot water
demands. This is usually the shower(s). Farther away allows for more pipe friction loss and heat loss on the way to the shower. Using slightly larger
or low friction (PEX) pipe plus pipe insulation will help mitigate this losses.
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Bob and Susan
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This was an indoor point of service ventless heater.
You should mount this near the use ...lets say a washer.
No venting is necessary.
Others are larger and can be mounted outside but little ones might have problems with wind blowing out the flame.
Most heaters are indoors now in the USA. Very few outside.
We're building little rooms for the units propane tank and heaters in the casitas but only acessed fron outside.
Just put it where the old one is and have some extra storage room.
PEX pipe is sometimes hard to get unless you're a contractor but is worth the effort.
It will be hard to find in Baja.
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bajajudy
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Well since 9 months out of the year the surrounding environment is warm, I would guess that the distance thing is less of a problem. In the summer we
turn ours down low, and only keep it on so that the dish washer has hot water.
This is for our new building which will have 2 bathroom sinks, one kitchen and one shower. I would like to mount it outside near the propane but
worry about the wind blowing out the pilot light. today it would be out for sure. so should I go with vented or ventless. Seems like ventless would
be better in this case?!?!?!
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Bob and Susan
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They are sold by gallons per minute
You would need a whole house vented unit ~$388 plus shipping
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bajaguy
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location
If the mounting location was enclosed and protected from the wind and (gulp) possibility of freezing, I think an outside mounting would be OK. I see
by looking at the web site that it doesn't have a standing pilot light.....flame/burner is controlled by 2 "D" cell batteries and only activates when
the hot water side is turned on.
[Edited on 3-14-2006 by bajaguy]
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Sharksbaja
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Should be ok outside
If the units are newly manufactured they probably have the enclosed combustion chamber. Works well in drafty areas but is flameless ignition(piezo). I
am getting used to them but it is harder diagnose a problem when you can't see a spark and you can't use a match to light them. On the upside, they
are much safer at ground level.
[Edited on 3-14-2006 by Sharksbaja]
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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bajajudy
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Cool. I am sold. Will get a unit from Home Depot here. Dont know the brand but it is all I have access to.
Thanks for all the input.
Now about importing those cabinets....buy locally. Just make sure that they use treated pine. My cabinets have separated in a couple of places as
the wood has dried. Treated wood was not an option when they were made. Heck I felt lucky just to have wood cabinets.
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