Redundant Water Heater - Never be without hot water
Redundant Water Heater - Never be without hot water
This post details my redundant/backup water heater setup, so I can hopefully never be without hot water, even in the event of a power and natural gas outage. Hot water is not something I ever really thought about. I have a newish (3 years) water heater with a 12 year warranty, and its out of sight out of mind. But then the flame sensor went bad a few months ago. I was able to limp along by constantly restarting the water heater, and I got parts in the mail from the manufacturer a few days later
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