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No, last night it could not get up to the temp we set the thermostat to, and in fact, the temp was dropping. I can't believe I left out this very important update from this morning. We turned off the heat overnight. In the morning, the temp was 52 and I turned on the heat. The air coming out was warm and it climbed to 55. Then we were worried that at some point it hits a wall of some kind, so we left it off all day and just turned it back on. It got up to the temperature we set it to and turned off. So now it's magically working again apparently, but there's still the question of will it work all day or all night long. We shall see...

A new issue... let me start from the beginning... Two days ago the city did some work on my street and turned off the water. Once the water was turned back on we noticed a loss of water pressure. We asked the city to come back to check it out, but when they did they said that the pressure was fantastic. Since that time we've still noticed the pressure being not as good, even after the air in the pipes got worked out, but it's good enough. Now the Apollo part of the story. Temps have been getting down in the 20's the past day or so and we noticed that the air blowing wasn't hot. The pilot light is on, the water is heating, and our hot water works just fine. So why is it blowing air that isn't warm? Could the two parts of the story be related? They happened essentially at the same time.

I have an Apollo HydroHeat system and right now I'm shopping for a new 75 gallon hot water heater that will work with it. Mine busted Thursday night and emptied out into my first floor. First guy, who came recommended from a reliable source, said it would cost $2100 installed to replace. The salesman at the gas company said he could take a standard 75 gallon hot water heater and (something to the effect of) could attach a pneumatic assembly to make it work with my system for $1700. Please keep in mind I have no idea what I'm talking about so excuse my terminology. My questions are: 1. Why does Apollo HydroHeat even exist - what is supposed to be the benefit? Lower energy costs? 2. If so, are they still considered energy efficient today? 3. Is what the gas company saying they can do sound okay? 4. What powers the pneumatic assembly? Would that cancel out any energy savings? 5. If I let them do that, then down the road could I have the option of going away from Apollo without replacing the hot water heater by just removing the pneumatic assembly? Fantastic thread - thanks!