I just purchased this water heater, normally $1299, for $799 + tax + $75 shipping.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem.../312742081
Steps to get deal:
1) Go to above link
2) Change store to zip code 15010(Edit: use Zip 97322 for $699 instead of $799)
3) Select Ship to Home (unless you happen to live close to this store), add to cart.
4) Check out.
Additional notes:
1) Federal tax credit of $300. State tax credits vary, in my home state we get an additional $400 (bringing this heater down to $99 + $75 shipping + tax).
2) For many/most, the $75 shipping is worth it even if you can get this price locally as these heaters are quite heavy and supposedly must be transported vertically.
3) Do your homework on these hybrid heaters before purchasing. You need 220V to operate. Installation expense is generally much higher with hybrid electric vs standard electric resistance heaters and gas heaters. Hot water recovery is very slow (but you can switch to standard electric mode for rapid recovery when you know your usage will be high, e.g. having company over). They can apparently be loud, so if this will be located close to a bedroom, important to think about. There are important climate and installation location factors to consider--just google.
4) The newest generation of this series from Rheem, called "Proterra" can be had for $1269, a slight discount compared to full price (15% for my location). After carefully examining specs, photos, etc - it seems that the only difference with the Proterra series is built-in leak detection with auto-shutoff. FYI if that feature is important to you, you can add it for $219:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem...513?NCNI-5
5) This is for 50 gallon. Looks like if you need 65 gal or 80 gal, the Proterra is actually on sale (whereas the Performance Platinum is full price), making the Proterra cheaper.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem.../312742081
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Order Total: $718.59
Expect it on Nov 19, 2020
6:00 AM - 8:00 PM
minus the $300 tax credit brings it to around what I would have paid for a regular electric unit
this is awesome!
Order Total: $718.59
Expect it on Nov 19, 2020
6:00 AM - 8:00 PM
minus the $300 tax credit brings it to around what I would have paid for a regular electric unit
this is awesome!
Luckily we had a 9 year (lol didn't know they went that long) warranty from lowes on it, I called lowes and they said they would have to call me back in 24 hours. They called me 2 days later and said they didn't have anyone in the area that worked on them (I live 20 minutes away from downtown of one of the 30 largest cities in the US fwiw). Their solution was to credit me the entire cost of the water heater and the service plan ( worked for me ), I was going to just live with the extra electric cost, but then saw this SD and grabbed it.
Net gain of a few hundred bucks since the old one was $899 before tax, and I estimate about $180 a year in savings on the water heater going with a heat pump model. I run it in heat pump only mode from Apr-Nov and hybrid the rest of the year. I don't mind a slower recovery since we added a bathroom on to an addition of that house that has it's own independent propane hot water on demand heater, people can shower out there if we have a bunch of company and never run out of hot water.
You can self install these super duper easy with sharkbite connectors they work great, I already have most of the tools ( pex cutter, sharkbite remover etc ) and even the current hot water heater is using sharkbite connectors so I can move those easy and won't have to rebuy.
UPDATE I was able to use scheduled delivery to successfully order at the sale price even though ship to home options wouldn't work!! Thank you guys!
UPDATE I was able to use scheduled delivery to successfully order at the sale price even though ship to home options wouldn't work!! Thank you guys!
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I mistakenly picked "Ship to Home" instead of "Scheduled Delivery". So instead of it already being delivered to me I get to wait a couple more weeks... No rush I guess.
An FYI for the folks trying to check out lately with no luck. As long as you have stock in nearby stores, you should still be able to checkout using the Scheduled Delivery option.
How are you able to use scheduled delivery to Indiana? It just updates the price for me everytime I change the zip code and says 0 in stock for my zip code for scheduled delivery.
I have one of these from 2 years ago and want another one because I'm actually going to heat a large hot tub via a heat exchanger with them, and they're the primary heat for my household hot water. I have a solar house and I want to be able to store hot water until the sun comes up the next day. They run when the sun's up and bank the heat for water use at night. Much cheaper than batteries.
How are you able to use scheduled delivery to Indiana? It just updates the price for me every time I change the zip code and says 0 in stock for my zip code for scheduled delivery.
I browsed for water heater again in the middle of the night they suddenly become available for shipping so I jumped on it bought it cancelled local pickup now on it's way
hours later I also went back to check to see if I can get a 2nd one in the morning if the shipping option was still available but it was gone again but at least I got my order on the way
long story short
check all of Oregon except the Portland area(no discount)
re-check all stores in the middle of night
if you go with professional they charge you over 1000 dollars
the job is not complicated
if you go with professional they charge you over 1000 dollars
the job is not complicated
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