Hey all,
I am looking for some advice on switching my house build to all electric.
We are a few weeks away from selections so I think the option is still open to us.
Currently in the plan is instantaneous gas hot water service and a gas stove top.
Our house is going to have 6.5kw of North West facing solar panels so I was thinking that we could cut out completely the requirement of gas supply if we switched the 2 appliances to electric.
In theory I would like to get a 270l Chromogen hot water heat pump and use our solar panels to heat the water during the optimum period in the afternoon. My concerns are how effective these pumps are? I know there are some climate limitations and I would like to know will the tank be able to keep the water hot throughout the night without drawing electricity from the grid?
I am aware that this route will be a few thousand dollars more upfront but I'm ok with that over the long run.
If anyone has gone down a similar route I am interested in hearing your experience and thoughts.
Thanks for reading
Justin
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Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Building an all electric house north of Adelaide 2Nov 01, 2020 8:15 pm May 2019 we went all electric in our existing house. We have a Sanden heat pump with a 250L tank (which is a bit big for the two of us). The heat pump runs for 2 hours every afternoon between 1.00 pm and 3.00 pm every afternoon. . . . so we are only using the solar panel power most days. The water is always very hot for my morning shower. The other change we made was to install a Induction cook top, which I love . . . . much better than gas and super easy to keep clean. NB I probably do around +70% of the cooking as my wife still works, so I am qualified to have an opinion on the cooktop.  The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house.  08 Dec 2019 5 Junior Member Re: Building an all electric house north of Adelaide 3Nov 02, 2020 8:26 am Cheers Bashworth thats exactly the type of feedback I am looking for I did a quick colour scheme on the Austral website, this is what it looks like. My facade is very similar to this. What do you think ? 2 560 Thanks - for some reason I was assuming that the soil test had to be done before land settlement. Glad to hear that's not the case. 6 1402 Just suss out what amps the induction Cooktop draws, you may have to upgrade wiring from the meter to the Cooktop and I have no doubt you will have to upgrade the RCD in… 1 869 |
