Choosing the Right Paloma for You
Take a look at the following Product Selector and review the information on the solutions that seem right for you. Then call our Consumer Advisor for help with an exact match.
Sizing your Paloma
The trick is to choose the solution that will support the peak simultaneous demand on the system. If you get this right, you will never, ever run out of hot water. Since in most households, Peak Demand occurs at shower time, ask yourself these simple questions:
How many showers do we take at once?
Do we do any other hot water activities – like wash the dishes or the laundry – at the same time?
At 2.5 gallons per minute (GPM) for a standard shower, 3.0 GPM to fill the bath, and 1.5 GPM for most other activities, calculate your total demand. Then see which of the Paloma systems will support that demand in the middle of winter.
Throughout our product section, we have given an indication of the number of Simultaneous Winter Showers supported by each solution. We assume 40-degree incoming water for the North, and 60-degree water in the Sunbelt, in all calculations here. A "shower," in this case, is 2.5 gallons of water per minute, delivered constantly at 104 degrees.
Digital or Legacy?
You are Digital if you want any of the following:
* An Extreme-Size system
* Precise digital temperature settings
* The best anti-scald protection
* Unparalleled safety engineering
* An Outdoor install model (your climate permitting)
But you may be Legacy if . . .
* Water pressure is low, under 40 psi
* Electric power is problematic or unavailable
* You want atmospheric venting (due to cost or length)
* You have an insatiable desire to understand your water heater
Again - Take a look at the following Product Selector and review the information on the solutions that seem right for you. Then call our Consumer Advisor for help with an exact match.
Sizing your Paloma
The trick is to choose the solution that will support the peak simultaneous demand on the system. If you get this right, you will never, ever run out of hot water. Since in most households, Peak Demand occurs at shower time, ask yourself these simple questions:
How many showers do we take at once?
Do we do any other hot water activities – like wash the dishes or the laundry – at the same time?
At 2.5 gallons per minute (GPM) for a standard shower, 3.0 GPM to fill the bath, and 1.5 GPM for most other activities, calculate your total demand. Then see which of the Paloma systems will support that demand in the middle of winter.
Throughout our product section, we have given an indication of the number of Simultaneous Winter Showers supported by each solution. We assume 40-degree incoming water for the North, and 60-degree water in the Sunbelt, in all calculations here. A "shower," in this case, is 2.5 gallons of water per minute, delivered constantly at 104 degrees.
Digital or Legacy?
You are Digital if you want any of the following:
* An Extreme-Size system
* Precise digital temperature settings
* The best anti-scald protection
* Unparalleled safety engineering
* An Outdoor install model (your climate permitting)
But you may be Legacy if . . .
* Water pressure is low, under 40 psi
* Electric power is problematic or unavailable
* You want atmospheric venting (due to cost or length)
* You have an insatiable desire to understand your water heater
Again - Take a look at the following Product Selector and review the information on the solutions that seem right for you. Then call our Consumer Advisor for help with an exact match.
