My inlet temp is 44 degrees. I'm only concerned with using one shower. Will this supply 105 degrees at 1.75 GPM's?
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My water heater receives a cold water supply of about 40 degrees, than produces HOT water @ about 140, depending on the distance between the heater and the shower (travel time) you should do fine.
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According to EcoSmart Site, an Inlet temp of 37 degrees will produce 1.81 GPM Steady State on the ECO 18. At 44, you would be able to produce about 2.0 GPM Flow Rate. http://www.ecosmartus.com/products/electric-tankless/eco-18/#product-tab3 I agree with Cliff. I am on my Fourth Tankless: two gas, two electric. This is by far the best design. The internals, wiring size, simplicity, layout are impressive. Best Value for the $ that I can see. My last electric was aweful. A soon as the flow rate would drop in the head, the heater wouldn't kick on. The ECOSmart has a proprietary sensor that kicks the system on even with a low flow rate. That is a great feature, as all three of my other ones required at least 1.0+ GPM to kick on and stay on. Best wishes.
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ABSOLUTELY. I live in Colorado and right now my incoming water is below that (sometimes in the 30's) and it works fine. Now, It will have a difficult time running 2 things like a shower and a sink at that temp but with 1.75gpm you will be set. I've had mine for about a year and love it. This is the 4th tankless water heater I've had and couldn't be happier, it works flawlessly.
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No idea on the GPM. Yes, you can run both jets and shower... The better the water pressure in you house the better it works. You can worry about GPM if you are buying a Shower System, you are looking for the features not the savings in water.
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I measured 1.64 gpm, plus or minus about 0.03. That's 9% above spec. I've had the showerhead for several months, so any adjustment within the showerhead should have happened long ago.
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It has for us. It would depend on how much water each draws, we don't have a "low flow" shower head and yet have never had a problem, even with our relatively low water pressure from our local water company. Water temperature has always remained consistent with both (or even the dishwasher instead of the washing machine, which uses less hot water than the washing machine but for a longer period of time) running at the same time.
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Hello Kim,Thank you for your question. You've provided one key piece of information we need to answer the question, the incoming water temp. But we also need to know which hot water points of use that you might use at the same time, and the flow rates of each. Let's assume they are one shower at 1.5 GPM and one sink at 1 GPM. That's a total flow rate of 2.5 GPM. This heater provides a temp increase of 40F at 2.5 GPM. 45F + 40F = 85F. Therefore, the 10L is way too "small" of a tankless heater. We recommend the 16L which gives a 57F temp increase at 2.5 GPM. 45F + 57F = 102F which is slightly hot water for most people.Kind Regards,Ross GadgetsGo Hello Kim,Thank you for your question. You've provided one key piece of information we need to answer the question, the incoming water temp. But we also need to know which hot water points of use that you might use at the same time, and the flow rates of each. Let's assume they are one shower at 1.5 GPM and one sink at 1 GPM. That's a total flow rate of 2.5 GPM. This heater provides a temp increase of 40F at 2.5 GPM. 45F + 40F = 85F. Therefore, the 10L is way too "small" of a tankless heater. We recommend the 16L which gives a 57F temp increase at 2.5 GPM.... » Read More Hello Kim,Thank you for your question. You've provided one key piece of information we need to answer the question, the incoming water temp. But we also need to know which hot water points of use that you might use at the same time, and the flow rates of each. Let's assume they are one shower at 1.5 GPM and one sink at 1 GPM. That's a total flow rate of 2.5 GPM. This heater provides a temp increase of 40F at 2.5 GPM. 45F + 40F = 85F. Therefore, the 10L is way too "small" of a tankless heater. We recommend the 16L which gives a 57F temp increase at 2.5 GPM. 45F + 57F = 102F which is slightly hot water for most people.Kind Regards,Ross GadgetsGo « Show Less
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Hi Gail. I have this system in 2 showers. You can set the temp with the bigger lower knob. The smaller upper knob decided to send it to the hand held or the rain shower (that's how we have it set up). I'm not sure what you mean by saving water. Can you explain?
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I had a problem with a 2.0 GPM showerhead and my Rheem 13 instant on heater. If you don't demand enough hot water (.5gpm) the heater will not even come on and I had a problem with the water temp switching hot cold hot cold. I went up to a 2.5 GPM shower head and it works fine. I personally would not recommend under a 2.5 GPM showerhead. If you're just using hot water it will be fine, it is true that the lower the flow the hotter the water. But if you're trying to mix hot and cold, if you anywhere near one-third hot and two thirds cold it won't even come on with a 1.5 gpm fixture.
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Not sure but should handle two. If you don't have the water on full blast it should be fine, you can also turn the temp up if required. Need to conserve water here so I take army style shower, get wet soap up rinse off even better with a friend. Good for the planet.
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Yes, we heat our water to a comfortable temperature, maybe just a tad bit warmer. I'm not sure what the maximum temperature would be for water, I would think whatever the plastic piping would take, presumably up to boiling? Hope this helped. We really are sold on our ZODI. One 5 gal bucket of water will give you more than enough to take a shower.
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I was curious as well and just tested it. (I purchased this because I recently discovered my previous showerhead of 12 years was 10 gpm! So I'm trying to be more water conscious.) Understanding there could be some human error, with both on, I got 3.3 gpm. With one (didn't mater which), I got 2.2 gpm. Either way, still less than 10 gpm AND because it's such a nice showerhead (compared to the temporary $1.95 plastic replacement I used for a week before this), I can take much quicker showers, thereby saving more water. This last point is probably only applicable to people with long thick hair they have to wash. I was curious as well and just tested it. (I purchased this because I recently discovered my previous showerhead of 12 years was 10 gpm! So I'm trying to be more water conscious.) Understanding there could be some human error, with both on, I got 3.3 gpm. With one (didn't mater which), I got 2.2 gpm. Either way, still less than 10 gpm AND because it's such a nice showerhead (compared to the temporary $1.95 plastic replacement I used for a week before this), I can take much quicker showers, thereby saving more water. This last point is probably only applicable to people with long thick hair... » Read More I was curious as well and just tested it. (I purchased this because I recently discovered my previous showerhead of 12 years was 10 gpm! So I'm trying to be more water conscious.) Understanding there could be some human error, with both on, I got 3.3 gpm. With one (didn't mater which), I got 2.2 gpm. Either way, still less than 10 gpm AND because it's such a nice showerhead (compared to the temporary $1.95 plastic replacement I used for a week before this), I can take much quicker showers, thereby saving more water. This last point is probably only applicable to people with long thick hair they have to wash. « Show Less
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I just made sure it was over 75 degrees, mine did the same thing and it felt sticky the first week of showering but it went away, I am going to eventually put another coat on it but I am going to use a different brand that I can use a roller with and do it in the summer when it is warm out.
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Yes it produces enough hot water for an average shower. Mine does a great job
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yes, also my initial review wasn't that great, but the truth was our water heater is so well insulated that even when the heat is off we still have enough water for one good shower. I should probably update my review to being positive! We didn't even realize it was working until we all tried to take a shower one morning (we have it set for evening only). Good luck.
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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.
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I have mine running in a 49 gallon tank with 15 gallon sump cooling to 70 degrees. It cycles on about half of the time when the room temp goes above 70. I'd imagine it would need to run a lot more to cool to 65. Might make sense to go with the 1/6.
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The key to making this unit work (to activate the hot water) is water flow or GPM. the normal temperature setting for household use is set at 120* If you choose to use this unit for another use, you may not get the desired results.
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My rain shower head can be swiveled to about 15 degrees in any direction. I find it works best in the vertical position with normal house water pressure.