how long of a run can this provide hot water to washing machine?
1980536
As long as the heater doesn't break, it should run hot water continuously. Filling up a washing machine should be no problem. If the water flow is too fast however, the temperature of the water may be lower than expected. For instance, if you set 130 degrees but the water flow exceeds the recommended Gallons Per Minute, the water will not remain in the heater long enough to reach the set temperature. Provided the flow rate is under the max, it should provide hot water all day long.
1980537
The hot water never stops coming, in my experience. As long as there is a demand on the hot water side of the washing machine it should be there.I have had it over a month and am very pleased with the product.
1980538
I am not sure that this size unit would work well with a washing machine. You may need a larger unit. I would pose this question to Eco Smart at their website.
1980539
If i am reading your question correctly I believe you are asking how long time wise can the water heater provide hot water for your washing machine and the answer to that is indefintly. As long as you can keep a constant water and power supply you will have hot water from the point of use heater what ever it is connected to.
1980540
never stops providing hot water... best thing about the tankless, you never run out.
1647461
Do you mean a continues run time? I'm wanting the same info. I filled up the inner cup to almost full and it will run for days on that amount of water. The cup is so fragil I don't think I'd smooth it out. The wrinkles don't seem to interfere with the misting on my machine. It looks like it will run for up to 8 hours but not continuously.
1962342
I guess you can, but why do you need this unit if you already have a hot water source?
1011271
Yes, I ran out of water once and was too lazy to fill up and ironed a linen table cloth. . .so it gets hot enough w/out steam for that. . .
973215
I've never used just got water, but I would imagine since it has to be boiled for 15 minutes, hot water might not be enough. Unless it's constant SUPER hot water for 15 minutes +.
1340278
Well, you can and I did, but let me tell you why and give you a cautionary note. In my case, it was a remote bathroom sink. It takes forever for the hot water to get over there. So I put this under the sink with a dedicated 30A circuit, attached to the hot water side. It is however heating cold water, because the water in the hot water pipe coming from the other side of the house is invariably cold. This allows someone to wash their hands with warm/hot water instead of waiting 5 minutes with the water running. You would never need 5 minutes worth of hot water at that sink. Now, what would happen beyond that? Well, if you kept running the water on full hot until the hot water from the house system reached this unit, it would continue to heat the water anyway, resulting in scalding hot water coming out of the tap. So depending on your application, you may want to do it the way I did. Or not.
1021075
I've had the same basic question for some time now. It's surprisingly hard to find out how much water a specific machine uses, but you could try researching that first. (Personally I had no luck.) One estimate that's out there is that a typical front loader uses 15 gallons of water. I figure slightly more than half of that is for the (cold) rinse, meaning in a worst case scenario (cotton whites) you would need about 7 gallons of hot water. That said, most water heaters start delivering cooler (i.e., warm) water as they approach their capacity. In other words if you have a 10 gallon tank the temperature might start dropping off significantly after using only 8 or 9 gallons of water. So you (I) might be better off with 10 or even a 20 gallon tank. My problem with all these small "point of use" tank type heaters is that they are low power, which means easy electric hookup but really long recovery times in terms of gallons per hour. My advice for someone building from scratch and wanting point of use for a laundry room, even with a slop sink, would be a small tank-less heater. You could use a 30 amp unit like the Bosch AE7.2, have limitless hot water with zero recovery time and about the same up front cost, though you would have to run however many feet 10/2 wire (relatively cheap) and add a 30 amp 2-pole breaker, also cheap if you have the room in your electrical panel. I wish someone made a high-power (30 AMP 220V) small-tank (10-gal or less) heater, but so far I haven't been able to find anything like that. That would be the best of both worlds, since experience has shown that small tankless heaters can be finicky, delivering bursts of cold water, needing to be reset occasionally, and are extremely sensitive to changes in water pressure, which is a big factor if you live in certain areas or are on a well like me.
299218
Yes! It works perfectly for a 40 minute shower as long as you are using the dime sized microshower-head model LB377-W, it comes with four 3" by 3" wash clothes
1962340
The manufacturer states it ca be used as a booster to the existing hot water supply. Hope this helps.
1540150
In order for this unit to operate, there is a minimum flow rate that must be met. I don't know much about washing machines but I'd be a little surprised if this requirement is met. You should call the customer service at eccotemp.com and ask them about it before purchasing to be safe. It would definitely get the water hot enough if it would work.
769173
this unit gets very hot but it will kick off a 30 amp breaker if you leave it running for more than 10 minutes. it is intended hand washing and fast hot water in short terms. great for a bar or small sink, bathroom sink. i think you need a 6 gallon water heater for a tub. this unit does heat the water by 40 % of what the ambient water is.
126119
Hi Mark. I used it as a cold water washer. There is no heating element built into it but I would imagine it would run just fine if you run hot water supply into it. Hadn't thought about that before... might help to run a hose line from the hot water supply say, in the laundry room out to then unit to get hot water to do tough jobs. Hope that helped. Good luck!
1127529
I run mine every morning for 3 minutes. Have so for a year. 30 minutes is a long time. I think anything would overheat when subjected to that interval. If whatever you have in there isn't clean in 3 or 4 minutes, it's not going to happen.
2236018
I don't know. We have three people in house and my wife does laundry almost 24/7 (slightly exaggerated). Many times we've run laundry and a couple showers back to back and we've NEVER run out of hot water. MY water heater 10 years old. If you're going electric ..... this is my choice for water heaters.
1597669
Depends on the load. If you fill the drum and use the full capacity of the washer the load will take about 1:20. For a small or normal load it will take around 40 minutes. The smaller the load the faster it is.
769171
this unit gets very hot but it will kick off a 30 amp breaker if you leave it running for more than 10 minutes.it is intended hand washing and fast hot water in short terms. great for a bar or small sink, bathroom sink.i think you need a 6 gallon water heater for a tub. this unit does heat the water by 40 % of what the ambient water is.
320589
I have run hot water from the tap through it and it is fine. I use it in my basement for washing the cement floor.