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Originally Posted by Patrick
Wow, that's an amazing difference. Do you think the oil burner is that inefficient or the tank loses that much heat due to poor insulation, both of those or something else? It sounds almost too good to be true.
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We used a timer to control the burns. Each morning, it would run for 1/2 hour. The nozzle is rated for 1 GPH.
So, the guesstimated cost is two bucks.
http://ecorenovator.org/forum/conser...ent-timer.html
We found that by being very conservative with the hot water, we could get
a couple showers
or, a couple loads of wash done each day.
More than once we had to turn the burner on for a late evening shower.
But with the A7, we just use hot water when we need it and it's always ready.
There are only two of us, so it works a lot like a regular hot water heater.