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Xringer · 09-15-10, 08:21 PM

A heat pump water heater needs to be installed in an area where the air temperature
isn't going to get very low.
My basement temperature, for example can get so low in the winter time, that
a heat pump is really going to have to work hard, unless it's pretty efficient.

The HP water heater I saw at Lowes might be a good design..
50-Gallon GeoSpring™ Hybrid Water Heater Item #: 79425 | Model #: GEH50DNSRSA $1,439.10
GE Appliances - GeoSpring™ Hybrid Water Heater Product Demo

It's pretty costly, unless you can get some of the cost picked up by the state/fed/taxpayers

In some areas, heating hot water with gas isn't a bad deal. Some of the
new heaters are very efficient.

I'm using a hybrid hot water system now. It's oil with a DIY solar PV heater..
Not at all efficient, but seems to work okay for two retired people.

09-15-10, 08:21 PM	#4
Xringer Lex Parsimoniae Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Woburn, MA Posts: 4,918 Thanks: 114 Thanked 250 Times in 230 Posts	A heat pump water heater needs to be installed in an area where the air temperature isn't going to get very low. My basement temperature, for example can get so low in the winter time, that a heat pump is really going to have to work hard, unless it's pretty efficient. The HP water heater I saw at Lowes might be a good design.. 50-Gallon GeoSpring™ Hybrid Water Heater Item #: 79425 \| Model #: GEH50DNSRSA $1,439.10 GE Appliances - GeoSpring™ Hybrid Water Heater Product Demo It's pretty costly, unless you can get some of the cost picked up by the state/fed/taxpayers In some areas, heating hot water with gas isn't a bad deal. Some of the new heaters are very efficient. I'm using a hybrid hot water system now. It's oil with a DIY solar PV heater.. Not at all efficient, but seems to work okay for two retired people.