Browse Forums Building A New House Hot water system - heat pump vs continuous flow vs solar 2Jul 05, 2019 2:51 am Owner Builders in boot-shaped Yorke Peninsula : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=80264& Hot water system - heat pump vs continuous flow vs solar 5Jul 05, 2019 6:49 pm Owner Builders in boot-shaped Yorke Peninsula : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=80264& Re: Hot water system - heat pump vs continuous flow vs solar 6Jul 05, 2019 6:56 pm 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. Re: Hot water system - heat pump vs continuous flow vs solar 12Jul 08, 2019 1:23 pm Our heat-pump hot-water is a Rheem 325L, it's been fine since we moved in nearly 4yrs ago. Had 5 adults using all 3 bathrooms for about 18 months and never had any supply problems (not that it's on off-peak or timed to run with the solar collection times). The biggest electrical bill I've paid was about $300 one quarter, with a 6.2kWhr solar install & no battery (& no gas) - we'd have had the reverse-cycle aircon running & had 5 adults living/showering/cooking there at the time. So it can't be using a huge amount of juice. You can get heat-pump boosted solar now, but in our place it would've taken-up precious roof space & reduced solar cell installation. The stats said that for element-boosted solar, on average & in Sydney, it used the same electricity as non-solar heat-pump … so we figured we were better off just installing cells and a heat-pump. The time to heat is purely a function of the distance between the hws and the faucet. There are many options for hot water, you can also have a circulating circuit of hot… 1 8661 18 74519 Good luck with it. I don't know what the cost of a nice bidet seat with a 25mm air gap will be but you are obviously deducting the cost of a RPZ valve and its… 9 4001 |