Hi,
I am mulling over getting an add-on heatpump water heater vs sticking with the standard 50gal tank I have. This is an add-on unit I can get for a good deal. Down side is I had one of those GE GeoSpring heatpump water heaters and it was crap; got rid of it after about 5 years. If I buy this add-on supposedly I will get payback in two year but lets call it three. Is it worth it get this HPWH or just stick with solar? My sense meter estimates my yearly cost at ~300.00/yr and the sticker on the current water heater says ~500.00. I live in Florida and this is in my garage so it will have plenty of hot air and it does cool off the garage nicely as an added benefit. I have a vent I open up when I'm doing stuff out there now. My solar is a 11.3 Kw system that maxes at 10Kw and I'm on track to possibly break even on the usage - but I've reduced consumption everywhere except the hot water I have to add that I have a tendency to nerd out so there's always that!
The main thing is I haven't gone a full year with the solar and I doubt I will see this kind of deal again; couple hundred dollars and I'll install vs. the 1500.00 they want for the full hybrid hot water heaters.
I am mulling over getting an add-on heatpump water heater vs sticking with the standard 50gal tank I have. This is an add-on unit I can get for a good deal. Down side is I had one of those GE GeoSpring heatpump water heaters and it was crap; got rid of it after about 5 years. If I buy this add-on supposedly I will get payback in two year but lets call it three. Is it worth it get this HPWH or just stick with solar? My sense meter estimates my yearly cost at ~300.00/yr and the sticker on the current water heater says ~500.00. I live in Florida and this is in my garage so it will have plenty of hot air and it does cool off the garage nicely as an added benefit. I have a vent I open up when I'm doing stuff out there now. My solar is a 11.3 Kw system that maxes at 10Kw and I'm on track to possibly break even on the usage - but I've reduced consumption everywhere except the hot water I have to add that I have a tendency to nerd out so there's always that!
The main thing is I haven't gone a full year with the solar and I doubt I will see this kind of deal again; couple hundred dollars and I'll install vs. the 1500.00 they want for the full hybrid hot water heaters.
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