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