Homemade Heat Pump Water Heater (R290)

Hv23t · 01-05-13, 05:00 PM

Maybe slightly off topic, for Christmas my brother decided to help out my parents with their energy expenditures. I had previously hooked my kill a watt to their chest freezer during the summer. It was estimating $360 a year energy usage. A couple weeks before Xmas I hooked it up again and it was estimating $160. I mentioned that to my brother so he purchased them a new energy star chest freezer. Ive hooked up the new one to the kill a watt for a week and here's are the results so far.

The original freezer is older than my brother or I. (38+)

The new one

With the power saving of the new freezer it should more than offset the increase from the heat pump water heater. So the results will be a lower electrical bill and no more propane bill. Win win

Hv23t

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01-05-13, 05:00 PM	#9
Hv23t Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Califo Posts: 54 Thanks: 3 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Maybe slightly off topic, for Christmas my brother decided to help out my parents with their energy expenditures. I had previously hooked my kill a watt to their chest freezer during the summer. It was estimating $360 a year energy usage. A couple weeks before Xmas I hooked it up again and it was estimating $160. I mentioned that to my brother so he purchased them a new energy star chest freezer. Ive hooked up the new one to the kill a watt for a week and here's are the results so far. The original freezer is older than my brother or I. (38+) The new one With the power saving of the new freezer it should more than offset the increase from the heat pump water heater. So the results will be a lower electrical bill and no more propane bill. Win win Hv23t