hey Dave Taylor here and I'm in my
basement got my furnace got a
humidification system got my water
heater and here's the thing is my water
heater is critical to the enjoyment of
my house and it's at the end of its
lifetime water heaters you might not
know this they last about 10 years and
this one was installed in 2007 which
means it's just about at the end of its
life so I'm working with re and we're
going to upgrade this to the new re
smart home water heater so let me get
the guys in and have them do the install
it's going to take a while but I'll
speed it up don't worry and then I'll
come back and tell you about it so hold
on
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okay we're back and here's my water
heater installed they did a great job
with it it's a gas water heater so it's
a little complicated getting the venting
and all the gas lines and everything but
the install honestly you saw it in about
40 seconds took about 2 hours it was a
complicated install but they fix some
stuff on the way so I'm really excited
and oh what I'm holding this is the
other thing that makes this this is the
performance Platinum ream water heater
this I have a 50-gon and this is the
tall configuration I don't know maybe
they have a short configuration too but
what I'm holding is the thing that makes
it really cool this is the re Home
Comfort Wi-Fi module this is part of
their econet system and it's going to
bring a ton of cool capabilities to this
water heater and we're going to get to
it in a different video cuz I really
want to step you through all the things
it can do but it has water leakage
sensors it gives you the ability to
remotely turn on vacation mode and
vacation mode is one of the coolest
things about this water heater cuz when
you turn on vacation mode it doesn't
heat the water up all the way it just
sort of keeps it a little cooler and
that can save you ream figures about 100
bucks a year yeah 100 bucks a year now
here's the thing is that this water
heater costs
$775 including this and you divide that
out by its 12E not 10e but 12E lifespan
in fact it is a 12year warranty but you
divide that out you then figure out how
much you can with vacation mode and I
think my water heater is making me money
certainly compared to the old water
heater which didn't have any of these
fancy things but this is actually a
super high efficiency rating um it has
an energy star energy star rated really
high and here's the thing I have gas you
might have electric so it's kind of
interesting the comparison cuz electric
water heaters cost a little less to buy
but they cost a little more to run so on
balance they're roughly about the same
um I like having a gas water heater
because I don't know that's what my
house already had so this unit costs
$775 plus installation that includes the
econet Wi-Fi module super cool um and
like I said with vacation mode which you
can also set manually with the controls
in the front in with vacation mode you
can save about 100 bucks a year just off
of your energy bill and that's it I am
ready to go and have a nice nice hot
shower and I'll see you soon in another
video where I'll talk about how to
install and configure the Wi-Fi module
so this is the re performance platinum
and I'm out of here
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