So have been on a bit of an energy conserving binge as of lately as my budget billing has slowly creeped from $80 up to $90/month over the past year, outside of a small 3.5 gallon aquarium that was added not much else has changed so figure I could try to make some minor improvements here and there to help chip away.
My dad used to have an old mechanical timer on our family home water heater, ya know the type that has the pegs you have to move to on and off times. So reminiscing on that I figured hey our household hot water usage is pretty static so why not. Ended up in a Google hole of research and landed on this company which offers a smart water heater controller and it really piqued my interest.
Aquanta Smart Water Heater Controller
Considering the peg style mechanical timers run $60-$70 with the digital programmable running $100+ this seems like a solid bet at $149 with much more functionality than the digital programmables. As I understand it is kind of like a Nest thermostat but for your water heater where it learns your patterns and adjusts its schedule accordingly - but I did not dig too deep.
Now to justify the $149. Has anyone gone from a 24/7 water heater to timer and seen a decent savings? Our usage is pretty much 2 hot showers per morning (5-10 mins each), dishwasher 2-3x per week at night and maybe 1 load of hot wash laundry in a front loader.
Let me know your experiences.
My dad used to have an old mechanical timer on our family home water heater, ya know the type that has the pegs you have to move to on and off times. So reminiscing on that I figured hey our household hot water usage is pretty static so why not. Ended up in a Google hole of research and landed on this company which offers a smart water heater controller and it really piqued my interest.
Aquanta Smart Water Heater Controller
Considering the peg style mechanical timers run $60-$70 with the digital programmable running $100+ this seems like a solid bet at $149 with much more functionality than the digital programmables. As I understand it is kind of like a Nest thermostat but for your water heater where it learns your patterns and adjusts its schedule accordingly - but I did not dig too deep.
Now to justify the $149. Has anyone gone from a 24/7 water heater to timer and seen a decent savings? Our usage is pretty much 2 hot showers per morning (5-10 mins each), dishwasher 2-3x per week at night and maybe 1 load of hot wash laundry in a front loader.
Let me know your experiences.