Also need a condensate drain for hybrid water heater. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > Sent: Monday, December 30, 2019 6:51 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Fun with Water Heaters > > I have never heard of these hybrid water heaters before so I looked into them. > I like the idea but the problem here is our water heater is actually in its > own > closet inside the house. The cold air it would vent in the winter would be a > problem unless I installed some sort of vent to vent it into the attic space. > In > the summer it would be great. Hmm. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Dec 30, 2019, at 5:35 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > The infrastructure is already 12+ years old and hasn’t been maintained. I > would have to pretty much start from scratch. > > > > I want hot water without hassle. No: > > > > Penetrations in my roof > > Circulation pumps > > Having to drain down should freezing temperatures occur Potential for > > damage in the event of a hurricane > > > > I’ll go with my hybrid heat pump water heater and get the free cooling for > the garage. Do the math: > > > > Energy guide for standard 50 gallon electric heater, roughly $500: > > > > <035505002440.pdf> > > > > http://pdf.lowes.com/energyguides/035505002440.pdf > > > > > > Energy guide for hybrid (heat pump) 50 gallon electric heater, roughly > $1200: > > <035505003348.pdf> > > > > http://pdf.lowes.com/energyguides/035505003348.pdf > > > > Mitch can put his pencil to paper and come up with the details if he’s so > inclined, as he’s definitely good at that sort of thing, but the rough numbers > would suggest that the payback is far better on the hybrid heater. And it even > has better recovery. > > > > -D > > > >>> On Dec 30, 2019, at 6:07 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> On December 30, 2019 at 4:48 PM Andrew Strasfogel > <astrasfo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> So what's wrong with installing a properly designed solar hot water > heater? > >>> Isn't the plumbing infrastructure already in place? > >> > >> Back around 1980, I saw plans in Popular Science for a very cheap solar > heater. > >> It was, IIRC, a 100' coil of black poly pipe mounted to a black painted > >> marine > plywood box and affixed on the roof. > >> The same black poly pipe that transports potable water from my well to my > house. > >> It was to be plumbed between the water supply and the water heater to > preheat the input to the heater. > >> No need to drain it and bypass it for the winter in Pinellas. > >> And it sounds like Dan's already got the plumbing loop to the roof. > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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