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There are some intermittent things like drying my laundry that it makes sense to do only when I have extra power. I'm probably going to go tankless propane for

There are some intermittent things like drying my laundry that it makes sense to do only when I have extra power. I'm probably going to go tankless propane for hot water heating though. Heating water takes a lot of power, storing hot water produces a lot of waste heat, and in the winter when I could most make use of that waste heat is when I'm expecting to not have much of a power surplus. If I could get a hot water tank that was well enough insulated... It's a good point, I'll need to do some math, and it would probably need to be in addition to some type of tankless/propane heater, since I still need to shower in the winter when I don't have as much extra power.

peteradio 7y ago
Similarly, you could distill water for drinking if sources are not pristine.
- traverseda 7y ago
  Probably a "water maker" for a boat, my understanding is that they use reverse-osmosis to desalinate water, so it's easier to have them take up small amounts of extra load. It's a nice self-contained unit that you can start and stop pretty much instantly.