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Originally Posted by John Mercier

Can't argue that.
I was looking at doing an indirect and attaching a solar option for the summer.

https://www.builditsolar.com/Experim...SolarDHWV2.htm

Even if it had to be a stand alone unit... I think I would do OK.

I have an indirect in my home in Ma and I have the low temp level on the boiler turned off so if we aren't home the boiler won't turn on at all unless the hot water tank cools down. I use very little oil during the summer.
My home in NH has a tankless so the low temp is set at 160, always burning oil to maintain that temp so we can get hot water, very wasteful.