Browse Forums Building A New House Hot water system - heat pump vs continuous flow vs solar 2Jul 05, 2019 1:51 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 5:49 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 5:56 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 11Jul 08, 2019 9:56 am We have Chromagen Solar in our new house. It is a complete PITA. When it switches over over from Solar to continuous booster you get up to a minute of ice cold water. Of course this usually happens at night when you are in the shower or topping up the bath that you are in. I have done some research and spoken to Chromagen and this is apparently normal. It really sucks. Re: Hot water system - heat pump vs continuous flow vs solar 12Jul 08, 2019 12:23 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 sun master is the solar heating to "warm" the water in the tank the S26 is your hot water system which will heat the water (25 degrees?) so with both turned on you… 2 13372 18 90470 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 6983 |