[kwlug-disc] (off topic) Water heater recommendation

[William Park]

Mine is natural gas.  Did you notice any money saving when you went from 
gas to electric water heater?

On 2026-03-02 07:45, o1bigtenor wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2026 at 10:08 PM William Park via kwlug-disc
> <kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> My water heater started to leak over the weekend, so I'm shopping for
>> water heater.  From your experience, which brand is better?
>>          - Rheem brand at Home Depot, or
>>          - Giant brand at Rona
>>
> Recommend (IIRC) Marathon by Rheem - - -  its a plastic in and out
> with about 3" of insulation.
> Most expensive but with suggested much much longer life. I installed
> it myself after previous
> heater blew out its bottom (leaking after a nice beeeeg boom that one
> could feel) that had lasted
> exactly weeks past its warranty date.
> 
> https://www.homedepot.ca/product/rheem-marathon-50-gallon-189l-lifetime-electric-water-heater-4-5kw-240v-/1001070393
> 
> installed our for under $1200 some 7 or 8 years ago so they are most
> definitely NOT cheap
> but if they last as long as 2 cheapees - - - you're money ahead - - - imo.
> 
> HTH
> 
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