@MrEnergyCzar I have a heatpump that delivers warm water AND heats my house and it only uses 650 watts per hour when it is running.. Now we have autumn here and its still sufficiant to heat the house and deliver warm water. During nights we have around 0 degrees (C) and during day 7-10 .. . Inside we have 22-23 degrees....
ehhh this is nothing new.. we have had heatpumps for many years (at least 10-15 years)... The heatpump heats water for shower and wash and also heats the house... What is the new thing with this one? It only heats the water too!!
@malachy1847 so that means you cannot compare it to a refrigerator. I have a heat pump air conditioner and it did have some service work done over the past four years. in fact I have someone come over every 6 months to service it and it's a pain in the ass..
@WinterHaven Well it wouldn't be much good if it was cooling the water....Just this time it's heat being moved from a warmer place to a cooler place [that's the similar heat coming off your condenser located externally at the back of your fridge...once again 'the Compressor' is the heart of this system, allied with the outher usual required items found within the loop... condenser, evaporator and associated sundries such as Expansion Valve, and controller / invertor...etc...
@MrEnergyCzar I have a water heater over 15 years old and it's like brand new, but it's a conventional heating unit.
WinterHaven 4 months ago
@WinterHaven Expect the tank to leak a decade or so before the heat pump goes...after the tax credit a brand new on was only $1,100....
MrEnergyCzar 4 months ago
@MrEnergyCzar I have a heatpump that delivers warm water AND heats my house and it only uses 650 watts per hour when it is running.. Now we have autumn here and its still sufficiant to heat the house and deliver warm water. During nights we have around 0 degrees (C) and during day 7-10 .. . Inside we have 22-23 degrees....
taztaz79 4 months ago
ehhh this is nothing new.. we have had heatpumps for many years (at least 10-15 years)... The heatpump heats water for shower and wash and also heats the house... What is the new thing with this one? It only heats the water too!!
taztaz79 4 months ago
@WinterHaven "service" i mean by "maintaining" it.
WinterHaven 9 months ago
@malachy1847 so that means you cannot compare it to a refrigerator. I have a heat pump air conditioner and it did have some service work done over the past four years. in fact I have someone come over every 6 months to service it and it's a pain in the ass..
WinterHaven 9 months ago
@WinterHaven Well it wouldn't be much good if it was cooling the water....Just this time it's heat being moved from a warmer place to a cooler place [that's the similar heat coming off your condenser located externally at the back of your fridge...once again 'the Compressor' is the heart of this system, allied with the outher usual required items found within the loop... condenser, evaporator and associated sundries such as Expansion Valve, and controller / invertor...etc...
malachy1847 9 months ago
@malachy1847 Except it's a heat pump-not just a cooling unit.
WinterHaven 9 months ago
@WinterHaven How often have you had to replace your Refridgerator compressor... in our larder.. as this if that main part of same,...
malachy1847 9 months ago
How "efficient" is it going to be when the moving parts quit working and having to call a repairman. Another thousand dollars?
WinterHaven 10 months ago