Nolan Kienitz Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 NAECA (National Appliance Energy Conservation Act) rolls into effect this spring and affects water heaters. Many of the W/H manufacturers have information about this and the impact to manufacturers, builders, installers and ultimately the homeowner. Here is a PDF from State ... Download Attachment: NAECA_Builder_Brochure.pdf 785.95?KB Just ran across this URL for what is called: Appliance Standards Awareness Project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Not much of a deal in the land of basements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector57 Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Notice "Standards for gas water heaters were not analyzed in the report because, based on current information, condensing gas water heaters are not cost-effective for consumers." from the ASAP document. Even though they are not cost effective, they appear to be required... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector57 Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 Not much of a deal in the land of basements. If larger electric heaters are used in a basement (requiring a heat pump style heater), the resulting cold room created in basements may well become an issue, also closets or small rooms may prevent the use of heat pumps. My guess is the use of multiple smaller units (less than 55 gallons) may well be a workaround employed instead of a single larger unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Hockstein Posted January 8, 2015 Report Share Posted January 8, 2015 The end result... There will be people selling black market illegal water heaters because there will be no easy way to replace your existing water heater in a confined space and use the existing chimney flue. There will be companies that make a business of "Fixing" old heaters. There will be many improperly installed and dangerous heaters because no permits will be obtained and legitimate contractors will not install illegal heaters. A few people will end-up dead from improper installs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Republicans are in charge now. Maybe they'll roll it back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottpat Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I predict we will be seeing a bunch of 50 gallon tanks in tandem! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 I predict we will be seeing a bunch of 50 gallon tanks in tandem! I agree. I'd certainly be doing it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inspector57 Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 We already see that as the rule. Of course they stick them in the attic since we don't have basements. Tough to get a 75 gallon through the access. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hearthman Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Current gas 'tall boy" water heaters are already way too tall because just elbowing off the draft hood often results in less than adequate vent rise, cutting elbows to reach the chimney or even downhill runs. This could kill or poison a lot of people especially as the UN tree huggers move us towards their "Sustainability" take-over. On a 40 mbh gas WH with less than 3 ft. of vent rise, you must increase the vent connector to 4". Chop that rise to less than a foot and it will spill out the draft hood rather than fight to get up the chimney or vent. Idiots... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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