Stiebel Eltron DHC 3-1

This review is from: Stiebel Eltron DHC 3-1 Electric Tankless Water Heater, 120V (Tools & Home Improvement)

I am pretty handy, but I did not install this myself. I have a friend that installs similar water heaters in hotels, so he came over and installed it at my kitchen sink without any problems.

For this to heat properly the water pressure on the faucet was dropped significantly. It’s now so slow, in fact, I can no longer activate the single stream function on my faucet handle because there’s not enough water pressure and it takes quite a long time to fill up a pot full of water to make pasta.

I don’t mind either of those things because this is exactly what I needed and it serves it purpose well especially with 220 not being an option in the location. I hardly ever generate enough dirty dishes to run my dishwasher. Therefore, if the dishes don’t get washed immediately after use, they tend to pile up until I lose my mind. Also, my kitchen sink is the exact opposite end of the house so it would take FOREVER to get water hot enough to wash my dishes and I hate wasting water. To make sure I had quick access to hot water to do my dishes this was the choice I made after A LOT of research. The water does heat up quickly and only takes a couple of seconds to appear.

For most people it’s probably going to be even quicker, around one second or so because I have one of those sprayer faucets that extends out of the sink, so all the water stored in that long hose has to be pushed out of the faucet before I get the hot water from the water heater. If you have a regular old kitchen faucet the hot water is going to be instantaneous. The water is not as hot as what you’ll get out of your house water heater but it’s perfectly fine for washing dishes and washing hands on cold days.

I think this is your best bet for a single sink use if you don’t have access to 220.

4.0 out of 5 stars Works as expected for not being 220., May 6, 2014

By Sadgrad

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