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A perfect alternative to the electric tank water heater, PowerStar electric tankless water heaters are designed to replace a 40-gallon tank and provide endless hot water throughout the home. With two powerful and compact models to choose from-AE115 or AE125-it will fit just about anywhere and is built to last.
Provides endless hot water for one major application at a time; such as a shower, washing machine, or bath tub
Features Include:
- Delivers up to 2.6 gallons per minute
- 95% efficiency rating
- 10-year warranty on heat exchanger - 1 year on parts
- Solid copper heat exchanger - not plastic
- External temperature control knob
- Thermal cut-out for safety
- Flow sensor to provide a constant output temperature
- Electronic flow switch
- Provides an endless supply of hot water
- Weighs less than 25 pounds and fits virtually anywhere. Easy Installation!
- No temperature/pressure relief valve necessary (check local codes)
- Filter screen on inlet
- UL approved
Note: This product has specific electric installation requirements. This product is not designed to accept preheated water. Model AE115 is NOT recommended in climates where average annual ground water temperature is less than 60 Degrees F.
| PRODUCT SUMMARY |
| Efficiency | Energy Factor | Wire Size | Voltage | Kilowatts | Amps | Warranty |
| 95% | .95 | 8GA (4 conductors plus ground) | 240 | 17.25 | 80 (2 x 40a) | 10 Years |
I purchased this product for my home 2 years ago. It has consistently malfunctioned over the course of two years failing to provide hot water. It has finally given up the ghost permanently after 2 years of poor service. Please do not buy this.
from Oregon on 2/25/2007
It is working great, I installed it myself ( but note that I am an electrician) I bought this model to replace a similiar on demand unit that we have used for 17 years. Glad it is becoming more popular now!
Although it takes about the same amount of time to get "hot" water to my kitchen sink from a cold start, there is a learning curve involved in getting used to the new water heater. It does not seem to get the water as hot as the old tank-type did, and the rate of flow at the faucet seems to have a great deal to do with how hot you can get it. A medium rate seems to work best. If you wash dishes in the sink, you may have some difficulty getting a dishpan full of hot water; as you turn it on it takes about 45 seconds to heat up, but in that time it doesn't get really hot, so you get a lukewarm start to the pan. You need to decrease flow for the unit to catch up, and if you decrease it a bit too much, the unit seems to shut off and you get a cold flow until you increase to get the unit started up again. As I am retired and fairly patient, it is not a huge problem here, but I think it is not good enough for a family household. Needs to get hotter and stay hotter.