Article 1038423 of alt.home.repair: Path: news.misty.com!not-for-mail From: nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu Newsgroups: alt.home.repair Subject: Re: Are electric WH timers worth it Date: 9 Aug 2008 18:36:00 -0400 Organization: Villanova University Lines: 14 Message-ID: References: <322l941oqr9modosdrong595mcdih3fttj@4ax.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: acadia.ece.villanova.edu X-Trace: max.inside.misty.com 1218321363 5045 153.104.44.130 (9 Aug 2008 22:36:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@misty.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 22:36:03 +0000 (UTC) Xref: news.misty.com alt.home.repair:1038423 mm wrote: >I've turned off the electricity to my water heater and it stays pretty >hot for 3 days iirc. And it would stay hot a lot longer if I weren't >using the hot water. The major thing cooling off the water is the >cold water going in when I use hot water. A very clever timer and a well-programmed family might save significant energy if it turned on a half-hour before the first use of the day and turned off before the last use, an hour later, leaving itself entirely filled with cold water for 23 hours per day. Nick