Hello All,
I have frequented this website for the last 4 months and have ingested tons of information. Yes. it took me this long to sign up, but your fingerprints are already in my house. I have succeeded in replacing my oil fired 26 year old Weil Mclain boiler with an Enviro M55 steel two months ago. The boiler is still there and very healthy, but it will be used only when the pellet stove for one reason or another is not functional (hopefully never). Holy God, what a machine. The oil boiler heat hasn't kicked on once since I bought it. But, now I have a question on DHW choices.
Some background:
House built 1988, I bought it in 1992. 2220 sq. ft. cape cod style.
Original setup was 100KBTU Weil Mclain boiler with internal on demand coil in an unfinished basement.
In 1996, got sick of the on demand coil due to garbage performance, and replaced it with a separate 32 gallon oil fired John Wood JWF307 tank. The boiler was set up to preheat the water going into the DHW tank. Oil was cheap then.
Two children, ages 17 and 14, along with my wife. The laundry goes non stop. The dishwasher goes non stop.
My John Wood is now 18 years old, still going, but is sucking too much oil and is a ticking time bomb. It has been an unbelievable performer. Never have I been without hot water. The recovery time must be good on this thing due to the jet engine underneath.
I would like to replace it now before trouble starts. It has treated me well, and I have got my money's worth.
Thoughts/Concerns: No more oil, although I realize that none of us can predict future prices on anything. I do not have the option on natural gas. Propane, as far as I'm concerned, is oil. I do not want any on demand DHW set up. I will not spend up front costs that will take decades to pay back, along, with what I believe, is suspect performance.
My thoughts are to just go electric with a larger tank (66 or 80) and call it a life. Electricity is $.1678 here. I have looked at the hybrids, but I am worried that the 50 gallon GEO just will not be enough, especially with recovery time. Hybrids also scare me with the potential breakdown concern that I have read about . After reading about them, I don't trust them. Maybe you guys can convince me. Overall, I want hot water, and plenty of it without thinking about it.
. I will value anything you have to say. Thank you,
John
I have frequented this website for the last 4 months and have ingested tons of information. Yes. it took me this long to sign up, but your fingerprints are already in my house. I have succeeded in replacing my oil fired 26 year old Weil Mclain boiler with an Enviro M55 steel two months ago. The boiler is still there and very healthy, but it will be used only when the pellet stove for one reason or another is not functional (hopefully never). Holy God, what a machine. The oil boiler heat hasn't kicked on once since I bought it. But, now I have a question on DHW choices.
Some background:
House built 1988, I bought it in 1992. 2220 sq. ft. cape cod style.
Original setup was 100KBTU Weil Mclain boiler with internal on demand coil in an unfinished basement.
In 1996, got sick of the on demand coil due to garbage performance, and replaced it with a separate 32 gallon oil fired John Wood JWF307 tank. The boiler was set up to preheat the water going into the DHW tank. Oil was cheap then.
Two children, ages 17 and 14, along with my wife. The laundry goes non stop. The dishwasher goes non stop.
My John Wood is now 18 years old, still going, but is sucking too much oil and is a ticking time bomb. It has been an unbelievable performer. Never have I been without hot water. The recovery time must be good on this thing due to the jet engine underneath.
I would like to replace it now before trouble starts. It has treated me well, and I have got my money's worth.
Thoughts/Concerns: No more oil, although I realize that none of us can predict future prices on anything. I do not have the option on natural gas. Propane, as far as I'm concerned, is oil. I do not want any on demand DHW set up. I will not spend up front costs that will take decades to pay back, along, with what I believe, is suspect performance.
My thoughts are to just go electric with a larger tank (66 or 80) and call it a life. Electricity is $.1678 here. I have looked at the hybrids, but I am worried that the 50 gallon GEO just will not be enough, especially with recovery time. Hybrids also scare me with the potential breakdown concern that I have read about . After reading about them, I don't trust them. Maybe you guys can convince me. Overall, I want hot water, and plenty of it without thinking about it.
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John