Householdneeds.com has it for $599 here w/free shipping. They are located in Vermont so probably no sales tax either unless you live in Vermont.

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So anyone give us some feedback on these tankless water heaters? Are they designed for smaller homes or would it handle my 7 bedroom home? Wonder if you could hook them up in parallel to get more throughput, as it is, I would be worried about it not being able to keep up with our normal usage.

That Bosch is 4.3 gals per minute unit. Is that good enough to replace a 40 or 50 gal tank and keep up with say, taking a shower while running the dishwasher?

I have a tankless water heater and I like it but there are a few things you should consider.

1) It adds a few seconds to the "delay" when you turn on the hot water and wait for it to get hot.
2) The smaller flow tankless water heaters are not good when running multiple hot water uses. For the water heater discussed in this thread, two showers at a time would be pushing it.
3) Installation was expensive, costs more than the heater itself.

On the bright side, you never "run out" of hot water.

Says must be purchased and installed by Nov. 1 2007 for National rebate.

Kind of off-topic, but there is a misconception that these tankless water heater is a lot more efficient. The only thing that it saves energy is the stand-by loses and piping loses. The stand-by losses for water heaters these days (assuming good foam insulation) are pretty minimal, and the piping loses will be about the same if you place your unit at the same location as before. The gas energy that it takes to heat the water comes at a lot higher BTU and definitely special venting and other installation is required.

For people who are really concern about saving money from water heating (like I am)- they should take a look at solar heating and/or heat-pump technologies that has been around.

You mean it seems to be a scam...huhhh???

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these overcharging now privately owned!!
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Free ship - 594 - possibly no tax?

farcrazy said:Kind of off-topic, but there is a misconception that these tankless water heater is a lot more efficient. The only thing that it saves energy is the stand-by loses and piping loses. The stand-by losses for water heaters these days (assuming good foam insulation) are pretty minimal, and the piping loses will be about the same if you place your unit at the same location as before. The gas energy that it takes to heat the water comes at a lot higher BTU and definitely special venting and other installation is required.

For people who are really concern about saving money from water heating (like I am)- they should take a look at solar heating and/or heat-pump technologies that has been around.

I disagree. Tankless water heaters are more efficient than conventional gas water heaters. Electric heaters are more efficient but cost more per year to operate (electric more expensive that gas). Tankless water heaters also last longer. I agree strongly that heat pump and solar technologies are good for the enviroment and should be considered.

Even withou the National Fuel rebate, this is attractive. You still get the Federal credit. My tank heater is about 10 years old and I'd rather replace it that wait for it to break.

This site:
http://www.tanklesswaterheatersdirect.com

Has a larger selection, prices about the same as Lowes. They also offer larger flow models at 6.3 gpm vs. 4.3 for the smaller ones. Think I'll go for the higher flow ones.

Bosch even makes an outdoor-mounted model that will work for me (live in Arizona), so I don't have to pay to run vents.

Arizona, where you'd think water would be precious, does not have any rebates for this thing. The only thing I saw a rebate for, which I have already, is a hot water recirculating pump that sucks hot water right up to your shower valve to make it hot the instant it comes out.