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Thread Number: 87921
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Hybrid Electric water heaters |
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Post# 1124920 , Reply# 1 8/4/2021 at 18:51 (987 days old) by HobartHero  (New York) |
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Great concept with real savings
The only issue I’ve seen with these is the reliability with some of them. The General Electric Geospring units in particular, I have seen a lot of failures with the heat pump in those units. But units built with quality heat pumps are a major advantage in terms of energy savings. The idea is great just make sure to do your homework and get a quality unit with many positive reviews. I install water heaters regularly but I usually install gas units or standard electric as most people don’t splurge for heat pump units even with government incentives because they still need to come up with the money up front.
-Shannon This post was last edited 08/04/2021 at 22:02 | ||
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Post# 1124925 , Reply# 2 8/4/2021 at 19:45 (987 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 1124962 , Reply# 4 8/5/2021 at 07:28 (987 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Heat-Pump Water Heaters I bought my partner a 50 gallon Rheem HPWH about 10 years ago for his large all electric home.
The cost of the WH was $1,500 from Home Depot, between utility and tax credits the real cost came down to about $500 about the same as a new regular EWH.
It has worked perfectly does not run much draws around 6 Amps vs the 25 Amps the old WH drew with never any shortage of hot water even with a 3 shower-head shower with both of us showering together.
After around 2 years of use the monthly electric bill is about $22 a month less so the savings already may be nearly $2600 after 10 years use.
We have had no problems at all, we installed it our selves, in the warmer months it collects about 5 gallons of water a week that we water plants, in the winter when the house has less than 50% humidity levels not a drop of water appears in the bucket.
I have had several other friends that have had the GE HPWHs are also very pleased with them.
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Post# 1125955 , Reply# 7 8/16/2021 at 16:46 (975 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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HI Steve! I find 6,000 to 8,000 BTUs given. | ||
| Post# 1125958 , Reply# 8 8/16/2021 at 17:35 (975 days old) by stevet (West Melbourne, FL) | ||
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Not too shabby! I'll take that. Probably the best part is the dehumidification that comes with it. Thanks, Now to find what rebates are still available. | ||
| Post# 1126030 , Reply# 9 8/17/2021 at 16:22 (974 days old) by Jerrod_Six (Eastern Pennsylvania, USA) | ||
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If you install one of these in your basement, does running it cool off the basement? | ||
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