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Pete, these ‘shower heads’ are used sometimes when it is easier to run an electric circuit to a bathroom as opposed to running a gas line.... or installing another gas water heater close to the shower. The ones I have seen have an electric ‘coil’ right around the shower head. Instant heated water if/when they work as designed. 

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1 - how long is "temporary"?     2 - does the house have both hot and cold lines, or only cold?      3 - pressure system or tinaco feed (gravedad)?     4 - budget for a solution = ?

With this info, better recos can be made.     

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16 minutes ago, Go Solar said:

1 - how long is "temporary"?     2 - does the house have both hot and cold lines, or only cold?      3 - pressure system or tinaco feed (gravedad)?     4 - budget for a solution = ?

With this info, better recos can be made.     

temporary - 6-8 months 2- Yes 3-normal overhead tanker no specific pressure system 4- as low as possible 

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46 minutes ago, VC1180 said:

Yes this is the one we are having though have issues with this..not so efficient..

The biggest problem with the ones I saw causing trouble was the wires to it were not large enough and could not deliver the load. The YouTube video shows what is inside and makes it easy to see if there is a problem. 

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19 hours ago, VC1180 said:

temporary - 6-8 months 2- Yes 3-normal overhead tanker no specific pressure system 4- as low as possible 

For a tinaco / gravity house, you could use a small (100 liter approx., 10 tube) solar hot water system, sufficient for 2 to 3 "uses" of hot water at about 40 liters each.     Inexpensive and easy to do.    The insulated tanks hold the heat well overnight to give a good shower 1st thing in the AM.        Since you have the tinaco on the roof, you have a cold supply there and would just need to run a hot line from the solar down to your hot water entry point, or even directly to the shower area.    Feel free to PM for more info.

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