High Efficiency Water Heater
If you have this type Power Shot high efficiency water heater as you see it on the picture on the left, you actually can save not only the money but even reduce some noise! My first desire when I got this water heater installed was to reduce the noise. Everyone who has this noisy bastard in the house knows that this bloodsucker can wake you up in the middle of the night even if you sleeping on the second floor!
So, I decided to run an intake pipe from outside just like I’m doing this for high efficiency furnaces. I bought 2” PVC concentric kit and got it installed. The reason why I used a concentric kit it because I already had one hole in the wall and because its looks better.
But after installation I’ve discovered two things:
• I’ve twice reduced the level of the noise
• I’m saving some energy, because that water heater stealing less conditioned air from my house
Of course some code addicted wackous now will jump in their chairs and scream that it’s not in a code and it’s not in the water heater installation manual. Don’t listen to them! I have its done already for eight years and still alive and the water heater works just fine! During this time I never perform any maintains or repair to the water heater!
So, if you have this kind of water heater and thinking to do what you just read above, let me know. I will explain how to install a concentric kit: during of many years of installation I’ve discovered some very useful installation tips and tricks! Furthermore for the first one of you I will do it for free because with your help I will make a special page dedicated to this issue!