The tech costs more than conventional options upfront, but federal tax credits, new 120V models and strong savings have made them more appealing than ever.
The Washington State Building Code Council voted to update the state energy code to require all-electric water heating in new multifamily and commercial buildings.
Until recently, all of my installations had been in basements here in upstate New York. There are several obvious advantages to locating a heat pump water heater in a basement.
It’s definitely not something the south states are alone in installing water heated tanks in basements or the garage.
Where sub-zero temperatures are regularly experienced, you cannot install a water heater or other plumbing in an unheated space. The cold water supply lines will freeze and burst.
It’s rare for northern homes to have water heaters in garages. In the few cases where they are, the tank is installed in a heated alcove or closet within that garage.
-20F winter nights and exposed plumbing do not mix.
Washington basements are heated.
New York basements are heated.
Ohio basements are heated.
Do you understand this now? Do you understand that northern water heaters need to be installed in heated spaces? Do you understand that northern basements are heated spaces?
Did you read the articles where they are talking about heat pump water heaters? There is even a mention of placing the tank on the roof. This is a dead end conversation. I am not going to argue about this as it does not help or will convince people up north how to install their water heaters. Its a moot topic and this should just die. I said my piece and you said yours. I am still convinced that having the gas furnace and heat pump combo is a good way of going about the whole setup.
With a gas furnace and a heat pump water heater, the furnace is providing the heat for the water, and all of the electricity used by the water heater during winter is wasted, relative to using a gas water heater. Gains are only made in the summer, while the water heater is helping to cool and dehumidify the home.
Your second article discussed using heat from the dryer in a second floor laundry space. The “waste” heat from the dryer would have normally gone into heating the house, reducing demand on the furnace. The author saw “waste heat” from the dryer, but didn’t think about where that “waste” heat was going, and didn’t properly account for it in his calculations.
You cannot treat a heat pump water heater as “independent” and “separate” from the home’s HVAC system unless it is actually drawing heat from outside the home.
I am not going to argue about this as it does not help or will convince people up north how to install their water heaters.
The question isn’t where they should install them. The question is whether they should switch to heat pump water heaters at all. If using gas heat, that answer is “no”, because these just shift which appliance will be burning that gas, and use additional electricity on top of that.
The same is true for an old house with resistive or radiant heat: the heat source for a heat pump water heater in a resistively-heated house is the resistive heating. The heat pump doesn’t make the household’s radiant heating any more efficient, it just adds additional load on that system.
Heat pump water heaters only make sense where with a hypothetical “split” system that draws heat from outside the home in winter, or if the household heat source is considerably more efficient than either a gas water heater or resistive electric water heater.
Common heat sources more efficient than gas or resistive electric water heaters are heat pumps, solar, geothermal, or a climate that doesn’t require much supplemental heat. If you have any of these, a heat pump water heater will make sense.
If you don’t have any of those, you have to compare the summertime gains against the wintertime losses to find the net efficiency.
https://www.coffman.com/news/water-heating-washington-standard/
https://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/article/where-does-the-heat-pump-water-heater-go
It’s definitely not something the south states are alone in installing water heated tanks in basements or the garage.
You’re still not comprehending.
Where sub-zero temperatures are regularly experienced, you cannot install a water heater or other plumbing in an unheated space. The cold water supply lines will freeze and burst.
It’s rare for northern homes to have water heaters in garages. In the few cases where they are, the tank is installed in a heated alcove or closet within that garage.
-20F winter nights and exposed plumbing do not mix.
Washington basements are heated. New York basements are heated. Ohio basements are heated.
Do you understand this now? Do you understand that northern water heaters need to be installed in heated spaces? Do you understand that northern basements are heated spaces?
Did you read the articles where they are talking about heat pump water heaters? There is even a mention of placing the tank on the roof. This is a dead end conversation. I am not going to argue about this as it does not help or will convince people up north how to install their water heaters. Its a moot topic and this should just die. I said my piece and you said yours. I am still convinced that having the gas furnace and heat pump combo is a good way of going about the whole setup.
With a gas furnace and a heat pump water heater, the furnace is providing the heat for the water, and all of the electricity used by the water heater during winter is wasted, relative to using a gas water heater. Gains are only made in the summer, while the water heater is helping to cool and dehumidify the home.
Your second article discussed using heat from the dryer in a second floor laundry space. The “waste” heat from the dryer would have normally gone into heating the house, reducing demand on the furnace. The author saw “waste heat” from the dryer, but didn’t think about where that “waste” heat was going, and didn’t properly account for it in his calculations.
You cannot treat a heat pump water heater as “independent” and “separate” from the home’s HVAC system unless it is actually drawing heat from outside the home.
The question isn’t where they should install them. The question is whether they should switch to heat pump water heaters at all. If using gas heat, that answer is “no”, because these just shift which appliance will be burning that gas, and use additional electricity on top of that.
The same is true for an old house with resistive or radiant heat: the heat source for a heat pump water heater in a resistively-heated house is the resistive heating. The heat pump doesn’t make the household’s radiant heating any more efficient, it just adds additional load on that system.
Heat pump water heaters only make sense where with a hypothetical “split” system that draws heat from outside the home in winter, or if the household heat source is considerably more efficient than either a gas water heater or resistive electric water heater.
Common heat sources more efficient than gas or resistive electric water heaters are heat pumps, solar, geothermal, or a climate that doesn’t require much supplemental heat. If you have any of these, a heat pump water heater will make sense.
If you don’t have any of those, you have to compare the summertime gains against the wintertime losses to find the net efficiency.