( 25 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 11 2009
The only problems I encountered were during installation and were of no fault to the manufacturer. 1) Make sure you have an outlet that can supply a dedicated 15 AMP draw to this appliance. I was fortunate to have a 20 AMP outlet servicing my dishwasher which only draws 7.5 AMP's and decided to share the circuit and have not tripped the breaker once in the past year with this setup. 2) At the time of installation, there was no drain pan small enough to fit under my kitchen sink so I had to fabricate my own out of a plastic storage bin. I have every confidence that the mini water heater will last a long time, but since these devices are too new on the market, there's no telling how long the tank will last before it deteriorates and springs a leak to which you need an external drain. 3) I had to make a trip to a specialty plumber's store in order to route the pressure relief valve into the garbage disposal inlet. These parts are not readily available at Home Depot or Lowe's. I chose to do this in order to protect my cabinets should the thermostat fail (and get stuck to the "on" position) within the unit. 4) The thermostat was set to the lowest setting by the manufacturer and I had to turn it up in order to achieve the desired temperature to which I now get near instant hot water at the tap. The best part is that by the time the 2.5 gal tank has drained all of it's hot water, I get fresh hot water from the main water heater in the garage filling the tank back up. This is definitely the best alternative solution than buying a tankless system which requires 60AMP+ dedicated electrical that can substantially add the expense of the project. I've outlined the only additional costs above which were about $50 in parts and took about an hour to install.
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Posted: Jun 28 2009
My Ariston point of service water heater is working as expected. It is possible to run it out of hot water on heavy usage. I mounted the water heater in a very restricted space under my kitchen sink so as to not impact my wife's storage. I used flexable conection lines and an disposable aluminum roasting pan as a drip pan. I surface mounted my electrical connections feeding from up stream of the disposal switch.
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Posted: Jun 2 2009
I sent my unit back as defective and requested a replacement. In retrospect, I am not sure it was defective. The replacement had the same problem. It did not heat the water. The manual said that the thermostat was set to 120 deg F. It wasn't. To get to the temp. adj. you have to remove two cover plates and expose the guts of the wiring. There is no dial, so adjustment is trial and error. The manual is not well written. The unit is now working ok. Kudos to Amazon. They quickly and efficiently arranged for the return of the first unit and its replacement. They paid the freight both ways. Great Service!
