Reliance 6 2 SSUS K 2.5 Gallon Electric Water Heater

This little 2.5 gallon heater is just what I needed for a half bath with no place to hide a water heater. It looks good and fits in an out of the way corner. I have it mounted on a wall with the included bracket and hardware. Plumbing connections on top for easy access and instalation. The thermostat is located conveniently on the front and there is a monitor light to show when the heater is on. The price was reasonable, so if this water heater has a reasonable life span it will be a great value.

Water leaked out of two drain holes on the bottom of the unit. Opening the front panel, there was a tiny amount of water near one of the instrument openings, but not enough to account for what was coming out below. The connections were all secure, with no leaks. We concluded that the tank is probably ruptured.I can't return this through Amazon as the return period has elapsed. I hope Reliance treats me right. I will update this review after I've spoken with them.UPDATE: I had my plumber look at it. He pointed out that the fittings were dull rather than bright and reflective, an obvious indication that they had been in use for some time. Possibly months or longer. He also discovered a broken weld near one of the openings, and this is what was leaking. He fixed the weld and pressure tested it for a couple of days - no leaks.I don't know if this is Reliance or Amazon's fault, but someone needs to look into the QA on this product. Paying for a new product and getting a refurb - a BROKEN refurb - is not cool. It could be a return that went wrong, but without evidence it's hard to say, and those fittings showed enough use that I'd be surprised if this was a within-30-days return. Absent any comment from Reliance, I don't think I will buy from them again.

I ordered this heater on 3/13/12 it arrived on 3/15/12. Thats pretty darn fast.Thank you for your efforts they were apprecated.From now on when I need something I will look at you guys first. Got it hooked up,worked great,heated up in less than 20 minutes.I bought the Reliance as a used unit.Appearence like new.At $129.95 its one heck of a deal. Put it my garage / shop & I am one happy camper. You folks are 5 star all the way. Thanks and my sincerest regards, Elvin Hodgeson.. East Texas.

I just installed this water heater under the sink in the bathroom. Normally it takes about 2 minutes of running the water for it to get hot. It's a long run and the water was very cold so no fun washing hands. Now the water is instantly hot. No more wasted water and no time spent waiting for the hot water! I took one star off because the stupid instructions caused me to waste a lot of money buying stuff I didn't need. If you download the instruction manual you will see a kit of 3/4 " nipples, hoses and 3/4 to 1/2 adapters. The thing comes with 1/2 " Male connectors so all you need to hook it under a sink is a pair of 24" Universal Faucet Connectors from Fluidmaster. Just turn off the water at the sink, disconnect the hot water line and put this in line. No need to mount it as it sits quite nicely on the floor of the cabinet. It has a regular AC plug so just stick it in a handy outlet. Don't forget to turn the knob on the front to the desired temp while you are under the sink.

My father in law has a few of these in his house. He loves having instant hot water.

I purchased this product because my kitchen sink was about 30' from my main hot water heater. It would literally take about a minute and a half to get hot water. After going through a couple of dishwashers (they don't make them like they used to), I decided a couple of years ago to just wash dishes by hand. I connected the input to my existing hot water line at the shutoff valve and then I connected the output to my faucet where the original line had been connected. I wired the old dishwasher line to a GFCI receptacle and then plugged this unit into the GFCI receptacle. I would have needed only one supply hose, but decided to replace the two old plastic supply hoses with reinforced hoses. My only hitch was purchasing 3 hoses that had 1/2 inch ends, whereas my cutoffs needed 3/8 inch connectors. The hot water heater and the faucet used 1/2 inch connector ends. The unit sits underneath my cabinet and was a little deeper than expected, but I still have plenty of space for kitchen detergents and accessories. Total install time was about 2-3 hours including a trip to the hardware store to replace the connectors and the last minute decision to go with a GFCI receptacle instead of a standard one.I absolutely love having hot water immediately for washing dishes, for cooking, and just to wash hands. My only regret is not having done this about 20 years ago. Since I don't have gas installed at my home, electric was my only option. I expect that the extra cost of heating an additional 2.5 gallons of water will be countered with the savings of not having to waste so much water, not to mention my time savings of having instant hot water at my fingertips. No regrets with this unit at all!

I had an issues with rusty water color and particles coming out of water heater from first day of use. The manufacturer advised that the water heater had the wrong anode rod but that they did not know of anyone who carried a proper replacement rod type.

Ordered this unit from Amazon. I arrived in 2 days.Set down to cut this sucker into the kitchen sink, which meant replumbingthe lines to the kitchen sink, which proved to be tedious and boring.Not this units fault. Actually installing it once I had all therough in done was quick and painless. Very straight forward. It's atidy unit, and hangs under a kitchen sink quite well.Not so sure about the hot water output. Supposed to be 2.5 gallons, and itseems a lot more like 2.5 quarts. But, it's freshly installed, andmaybe with some use it will behave a bit more like expected.pretty pleased overall.