{"id":7159,"date":"2024-02-04T10:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T18:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2024-02-04T10:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T18:29:11","slug":"replace-rheem-electric-water-heater-with-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dognmonkey.com\/svlife\/replace-rheem-electric-water-heater-with-gas.html","title":{"rendered":"Replace Rheem Electric Water Heater With Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The electric bill last year 2023 increased more than $1500 because we&#8217;ve changed to Electric Water Heater 4.5kWh in Dec 2022. The bill was $600 in January so we had to replace with a gas water heater to lower our bill.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In NorCal, we can only use low nox water heater which costs more than normal ones in different cities. 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