Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot water heater heat pumps

2015-05-27 Thread RE Ellison
They will have to pry my toilet from my cold dead rear end Bob Ellison > On May 26, 2015, at 11:21 PM, Dan Fink wrote: > > If you are doing a replacement or new, anything 55 gallons and below is just > extra insulation and slightly more efficient heating (and slightly larger > size). Above 5

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot water heater heat pumps

2015-05-26 Thread Dan Fink
If you are doing a replacement or new, anything 55 gallons and below is just extra insulation and slightly more efficient heating (and slightly larger size). Above 55 gallons, the mandate is basically new technology. I work only off the grid, and heat pump electric uses as much energy as a full siz

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot water heater heat pumps

2015-05-26 Thread MDElectricSolar .
Just installed one. A little noisy (like a small refrigerator running) but installed on a 15A/240V breaker. Sonoma County, coastal, but it's working fine so far. Challenge was enough airspace, definitely puts out cold, conditioned air. Mike On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Phil Forest wrote: > W

Re: [RE-wrenches] Hot water heater heat pumps

2015-05-26 Thread Phil Forest
Wrenches, My take so far on this great discussion about heat pump hot water heaters (HPHW's) for domestic hot water: A HPHW powered by off-grid PV could be very effective, if there was a timer which controlled it to only operate during daylight, so it doesn't load the batteries at night. And th