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Old 08-26-12, 09:43 PM   #136
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Originally Posted by Xringer View Post
We did laundry yesterday and took showers after our evening bike ride, then I went down to log the numbers last night while the A7 was still running (it was almost done) and saw 61.6 C displayed (at the input Tee). That's 143F ! That R22 can really get up there!
That seems a little high. Should I be worried?
I don't know about worried, but if it were me, I would set the heat pump water heater to a much lower temperature, like maybe 110F to 120F. Reason being that the higher your temperature lift, the lower your efficiency.

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