Millions of Canadians get their carbon tax rebates today. So why do many not believe it? (www.cbc.ca)

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[-] AnotherDirtyAnglo@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

Electric hot water tanks are a thing. So are electric tankless systems.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm aware but I haven't heard people's experiences with them. I ask because I'm shopping for water heating right now and debating the expense of getting 240 run to the water heater for a heat pump.

Electric tankless sounds impossible (yes, I know they exist, I just mean they don't sound like something that should be able to), since the amount of BTUs required to run a gas tankless at peak is absolutely nuts -- tankless gas water-heaters run on 3/4" pipe instead of the normal 1/2" since they need to have so much burst heat. That doesn't sound possible for electric.

[-] pbjamm@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

A whole house model will need a 100A circuit to itself. You could install small units in each location that needs hot water but that is also expensive.

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

Holy crap like 24000W of juice on tap. That is not screwing around. Awesome. A neat option but sounds like something for new builds not retrofitting an older home.

[-] villasv@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you already haven't, do check out Technology Connections videos on electrifying, he covers old home challenges quite a bit.

I was reminded of him because he talks about the possibility of making a 100A circuitry workout with some smart switching

[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Yeah I love his videos but I hadn't seen anything about the whole home issue of "omg this is way more power hosue-wide".

The idea of smart switching sounds neat - that would basically mean "you can't run your dryer and have hot water and charge your car at the same time", right? But, like, in an automated way not just "it throws the breaker".