 And my plumber is urging me to replace it with an electric hot water heater with a timer on it. It's much more cheaper to do that than to replace the old hot water heater that I had. But I'm just wondering, is there any negatives to it? Well, it's a little more expensive to run than oil, but as you say, it's a lot less expensive to buy. I'm actually surprised that it only lasted 13 years because oil,