If the soil is well-drained, it doesn't make too much difference the application rate. I grow chiles in aeroponics with a pump on 24/7.....wayyyy more than 1.5 gal/week. What chiles can't stand is too much water in poorly drained soil.

What is all the hot water needed for? A gas heater doesn't have to be in a well ventilated space because waste gases must be vented to the outdoors. It just needs source air and that's very easily done. Running a gas line is never a structural issue...it's a money issue. If two 50 gal units is a small fortune to operate...wouldn't one be 1/2 a small fortune? Still sound like a lot. I mean it's not like the second unit would cost 2x,4x,10x more than the first unit. That is kind of the deal if you want lots and lots of hot water on demand...it costs money. Solar can get you lots of pretty cheap hot water, at least DIY. The units you buy seem kind of expensive to me for what they are.

Thanks. I am assuming given that I am not going to be using the air conditioner for 6 more months, I can drain it out and should be good? Wrong, during heating condensate is also produced. It needs to be fixed before both the cooling and heating season. I also suspect the condensate pump considering it is full, it will normally empty out once the float activates the pump but clearly there is something wrong with yours. The pump may have just quit working and need replaced. They are not that expensive.

GardenWeb Community, I need your assistance. I am needing to size a water softening and whole house filtering system for my home and there are many different approaches I have found on the web with different values, peak vs. average flow rates, etc. Based on the feedback I have read thus far from Justalurker and aliceinwonderland_id on this site I am leaning towards a Fleck softening system but not sure which one. Also looking for ideas on a whole home filtering system based on the below test results. We live in Anchorage, Alaska and we just bought a 6000 sqft., 3 bed 3.5 bath house with 3 people living in it (wife, 2.5 yr old daughter, and myself). All appliances are high efficiency Frigidaire Professional series, Triangle Tube Prestige Water heater, etc. A recent water test was performed by a local sales company and the basic results are as follows: TDS: 125 ppm Hardness: 10 gpg pH 7.0 Total Alkalinity 120 ppm Total Iron 0.1 ppm Total Manganese 0.2 ppm Coliform: Neg colonies/100mL Nitrate: 5.09 mg/L Arsenic: ND ug/L Let me know if any additional information is needed in order to provide any recommendations. Any recommendations are welcomed and I genuinely appreciate the assistance in advance. Regards, Derek