Hybrid (Heat Pump) Water Heater in a finished basement
2020年4月21日 · With or without the heat pump water heater, if any of the walls are NOT insulated to current code minimum (=R15 continuous insulation trapped to the foundation walls with furring or a studwall) it will be well worth it, at least on areas that are unfinished.
Hybrid (Hear Pump) Water Heater - Love Plumbing & Remodel
2021年6月9日 · Hey folks. I am poised to purchase a Rheem 80 gallon Hybrid (Heat Pump) Warer Heater. This heater has a condensate outflow, and there is no drain near the future heater’s location in a basement. There is a 3” SCH 40 PVC waste line directly above where the heater will sit. Can the condensate...
New hybrid WH. Moving to converted carport's storage room.
2021年11月15日 · My current water heater is in my basement mechanical room. Can't put a hybrid there because there's not enough head room. I'm planning to move it to a storage room behind what used to be a carport (converted into sunroom). It's on a slab. The plan is to route the plumbing through the rim joist & the (former) exterior wall.
Eternal Hybrid Water Heater - Love Plumbing & Remodel
2009年10月8日 · A 20 to 30 gallon batch solar pre-heater would cut annual fuel use for HW heating by 30-50% (or even more) in Houston, (and dramatically raise the temp of the "cold" in "cold-water sandwich" for a completely tankless situation) for about $1000-1500 in hardware (not counting any kick-backs you'd get from tax & utility type incentives.)
Heat trap on new Rheem hybrid water heater - Love Plumbing
2023年2月1日 · Hi all - Just purchased a new Rheem hybrid electric hot water heater. It's unclear to me whether the factory installed nipples are heat trap nipples, or just an inlet pipe. It sorta looks like a heat trap, but its installed horizontally, which …
Expansion tank needed on Rheem hybrid? - Love Plumbing
2019年7月27日 · Get a garden hose thread pressure gauge. Monitor your water pressure at a laundry tub or at the WH drain. Does the water pressure rise to over 100 psi after you take a hot shower and use no further water for toilet flushes or hand washing in the next several minutes until you check the pressure? If yes, you need the expansion tank.
Hybrid Heat-pump hot water heater install - Love Plumbing
2024年9月14日 · The issue I have is I have a oil fired Hot water heater all the way to one end of the manifold and the Master bathroom is all the way on the opposite end. I am thinking about installing a Hybrid Heat-pump hot water heater located approx 10 feet from the master bathroom and install isolation valves on both heaters so I can choose which hot water ...
Hybrid Hot Water Heater, Thermostatic Mixing Valve, Efficiency
2020年4月2日 · With hybrid heat pump water heaters you also need to calculate in the efficiency of the heat pump, which may be slightly different even between two model sizes in the same manufacturer brand series and will be affected by the different storage temperature as well.
AO Smith, Reem or Stiebel Eltron/Which hybrid water heater …
2023年9月19日 · Hello everyone. I am new to the forum and I'm also in the market for a new hybrid water heater. As for a little background on myself, I currently reside within the midwest, where it gets below freezing, and I'm considering whether, or not a heat pump water heater would be beneficial or contradictive for my geographical area.
Rheem vs AO Smith Hybrid Heat Pump Water Heater HPWH
2017年10月18日 · My current water heater is a 50-Gallon GE 9-year natural gas water heater... Installed in 2003, it is now nearly 20 years old... Doesn't seem to be having any problems at all, but I know my days are likely numbered with a water heater of this age. I have rooftop solar with about a megawatt of excess production...