Comments on: $359k…With Perks http://blog.redfin.com/boston/2008/04/359kwith_perks.html Redfin Boston Sweet Digs Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:27:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: mike.martin http://blog.redfin.com/boston/2008/04/359kwith_perks.html/comment-page-1#comment-805 mike.martin Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:36:00 +0000 http://blog.redfin.com/boston/2008/04/359kwith_perks.html#comment-805 I wrote the end of this post in a hurry, and I didn't want to go back & edit & just cover over the fact that...uh...there are pretty sparse Federal tax incentives for homeowners to develop wind and solar power. Well. Gee. I wonder why that is? After reading more of this website, I want to look into solar water heaters; I think you use them inline with a tankless water heater -- if the solar water is 40 degrees coming in, and the sun heats it to 60 degrees, the tankless heater takes up the slack; but if the sun warms the water to higher temperatures, you might not run the tankless (gas) heater at all. It's a great idea -- they work, and it could mean free hot water a significant percentage of the time, and maybe even extend the life of the water heater's element. I think. I wrote the end of this post in a hurry, and I didn’t want to go back & edit & just cover over the fact that…uh…there are pretty sparse Federal tax incentives for homeowners to develop wind and solar power. Well. Gee. I wonder why that is?

After reading more of this website, I want to look into solar water heaters; I think you use them inline with a tankless water heater — if the solar water is 40 degrees coming in, and the sun heats it to 60 degrees, the tankless heater takes up the slack; but if the sun warms the water to higher temperatures, you might not run the tankless (gas) heater at all. It’s a great idea — they work, and it could mean free hot water a significant percentage of the time, and maybe even extend the life of the water heater’s element. I think.

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