Question from Mary Anne

Hi Debra – I hope you can help me. Our ancient water heater was on its last legs, and rather than waiting for it to die we researched and bought a tankless model. Way less enery usage, no water storage, etc – it is a more environmentally sensitive product. Plus we never run out of hot water :-).

HOWEVER (and I don’t know how I missed this, or was never told it), I can’t use my old shower filter head any more. The heat generation mechanism of the tank depends directly upon water flow, so any flow restriction is a problem. In order to make my old shower head work, the tank needs to be turned down to a lukewarm-at-best 104 degrees, an unacceptable solution.

Do you know of any point-of-use shower filters that work with tankless heaters? I’m back to taking chlorine-filled showers, and that’s soooooo not good. Thanks so much for any help or advice you can give me.

Debra’s Answer

Thanks for forewarning the rest of us about this. I agree a tankless water heater is a great idea for the environment, but we shouldn’t have to give up filtering out the chlorine.

This wouldn’t be a problem for those of us with whole-house water filters, but I understand you want a chlorine filter that can fit on your showerhead.

Readers, anyone with experience or knowledge about this?

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