10-11-2012, 08:21 AM
I bought Eccotemp L5 Portable Tankless Water Heater off of Amazon. Shipped perfectly been using it for 4.5 months ... no problem. Sips propane for us (2 of us). My friend has the L-10. It's not any better than the L5 except it has a temp guage. Not worth the extra $ IMO.
I know a lot of folks here and on the mainland have the l5 for over 5 years and still going strong. The only thing I did was hard plum the input line and hard plumb the output line CPVC to the hose fitting as mine started to leak. But the same thing happened to my friends on the L10 so matter of fact it came with the same cheap shower head hose. If I were to do it over I'd probably just throw the shower head and plastic line in the trash and buy a good quality one form HD.
We only use are's for showers and maybe an l10 would be better for hooking up to a washer but we don't have plans to hook up to anything but the shower. So if your thinking of hooking it up to a washer/tub later maybe an L-10 would be better for you.
Also... we max out the water pressure (we are on private water) in hawaiian beaches and set the temp to the lowest setting. I find 90% of the time the water is a perfect temp. Except sometimes in the morning you want the to take a STEAMING hot shower... What I do is lower the pressure from the slider on the shower head. Kinda hard to adjust it but just lower the flow of water and it's a perfect Hot/Steamy shower when the water in the pipes are cooler in the mornings.
I know a lot of folks here and on the mainland have the l5 for over 5 years and still going strong. The only thing I did was hard plum the input line and hard plumb the output line CPVC to the hose fitting as mine started to leak. But the same thing happened to my friends on the L10 so matter of fact it came with the same cheap shower head hose. If I were to do it over I'd probably just throw the shower head and plastic line in the trash and buy a good quality one form HD.
We only use are's for showers and maybe an l10 would be better for hooking up to a washer but we don't have plans to hook up to anything but the shower. So if your thinking of hooking it up to a washer/tub later maybe an L-10 would be better for you.
Also... we max out the water pressure (we are on private water) in hawaiian beaches and set the temp to the lowest setting. I find 90% of the time the water is a perfect temp. Except sometimes in the morning you want the to take a STEAMING hot shower... What I do is lower the pressure from the slider on the shower head. Kinda hard to adjust it but just lower the flow of water and it's a perfect Hot/Steamy shower when the water in the pipes are cooler in the mornings.