you're on vacation, for example, and they never run out of hot water as long as you have power, theie are still drawbacks. First, fossil fuel or nuclear generated electricity is not the ideal or most efficient way to heat domestic water. Secondly, most conventional houses are designed with separate points of use-showers, washing machinei, dishwasheis, etc.-with the possibility of using them all simulraneously. This requires a separate unit and (possibly) 220 service at eacb poinr. . Th. problem of raising the temperature of very cold water in the rvinter can be solved not oniy by flow reducers year 'round, but by preheating rhe water with any form of waste heat in the house or by thinking of the demand hearer as a booster for a solar water heater. The American-made InstantFlow, however, is the only unit of all these which is thermostaticaliy controlled that I know of. . In addition to my experiments with my own house, I am also working here in St. Louis with my father,s real estate development company. We are specializing in low energy commercial-industrial buildings utilizing every practical enJigy efficient te-chnology that this market wili accept. We have just started using these heaters in our buildingi and are now construcring an energy-efficient condominium (,,pandemonium?") which will also use rhese. Let me know if I can be of any more help. Sincerely, Ted Bakewell III Bakeweil Corp. B82O Ladue Rd. St. Louis, MO 63124 July t9Z7 RAIN page t5 Dear RAINfolks, Noted your reference to flash water heaters in the last RAIN. We have been planning this type of heater for some rime (Sarah and I found this type all over Central America when we were there in the Peace Corps). We originally were going to get a Junker (mfd. by Robert Bosch GmBH), which'was" the only type we knew about until a few months ago-noted it was not on your list. (Avaiiabie in Washington fri the NW area from Pressure Cleaning Systems, Inc. iriWashington. Talk to,\4r. Craig Eilers. Address is: 612 N. 16th Avenue,*yakima, WA 98209. Their models are similar to paloma but are smaller and a bit lighrer. Quality of the appliance and efficiency are similar to Paloma-easy to self-repiir, if necessary. Unfortunately, they will not be AcA-approved until late this year, so we have gone with the Paloma (bought from John Condon Co. in Seattle). According to Mr. Condon, production of these units in- Japan is about 100,0O0 monthiy, and they are sold bverywhere except in No,rth America in quantity. Cas savings are claimed to be 24 to 5 5%, depending on mo<iel and ,lsagE of hot water. We're converts. .ington SITAM (Italian) RUBINETTI (Italian) CLAGE (Italian) Mfgr.: Sitam Modena Viale Indipendenza,5 41010 Modena Est, ITALy No U.S. Distributor Electric and gas models Wall-mounted gas or electric heaters and various electric fixture-mounted units. Fixture units, 20O0-2700 warts $ I 5-$ 3 0 for fixture units By heater size Mfgr., Termal Elettrotermica Ulisse Loli Via Sormani,42 20090 Milanino (Milano) ITALy No U.S. Distributor Electric: 22oV. (?) Faucet-mounted 20O0-3000 watts $1 3-$23 By heater size or current timer Automatic and non-automatic models available. Sink or shower models. Mfgr. ' Believed to be same as Silvio Serin Electric: IlO,22O or 3g0 V. Undersink or fixture mounted 1500-6000 watts $1s-$100 By heater size or current timer Wide range of sink and shower models available. Ted Bakewell Ted Bakewell Ted Bakewell
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