What is a good situation to use a rankles water heater?

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What is a good situation to use a rankles water heater? - Lemmy.world

We’ve been exploring a thankless solution, but the company that quited us said it isn’t a good idea in our area because the ground freezes in the winter. We don’t live in a super cold area, but it does snow a few times a year and it can get into the single digits of degrees Fahrenheit.

In that case, I would assume they’re talking about how cold the incoming water would be.

I used a tankless in a zone five area where our incoming water in the winter was often below 60 degrees. You’ll have to compare the charts of input temp and output GPH to determine how it would work for your specific use case.

I used an indoor mounted one, but there are tankless models intended for places like CA and AZ where they can be mounted outside.

We liked the endless hot water - we only had one bath and three people, so we offer were bumping against the 60 gallons of our old tank model.

Our biggest issue is that we have a huge hot water heater that takes up a whole closet. We like to down size. An indoor one would be fine. What are zones?
I’m assuming they’re referring to hardiness zones
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which perennial plants are most likely to thrive at a location.