From: Jeff Cochran 
Newsgroups: alt.home.repair misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Two water heaters in series.
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:20:24 GMT

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:35:02 -0500, "Irene and Paul"
 wrote:

>We moved into our new house last week and used our whirlpool tub for the
>first time. Guess what, we ran out of hot water.
>
>We told the builder about the problem and he had a plumber install a 40
>gallon electric hot water heater in series with my 48 gallon gas water
>heater (builder pick up the cost).  I now get 120 degree hot water into my
>AKER (ACC2-6060) 100 gallon whirlpool tube (average operational volume 74
>gallon).
>
>My question is:
>
>Is this a good solution?

Mayb e not the best, but it works fine.

>Will the electric hot water heater cost a lot to operate?

"A lot" is relative, but it shouldn't be too bad.  Bypss it for a
month ad see what your bill is.

>I have a by-pass
>valves to both units. There are only two people living in the house that
>require hot water.
>
>Any advise?

After a few months you'll stop using the whirlpool tub anyway...  :)

Jeff