When your condensation drain was frozen, did you experience any damage or maintenance you had to perform? I think the same thing recently happened to mine, and it’s been doing this hum/ringing ever since.
Good job! You might want to take a look at the TPR valve. There appears to be a PEX fitting which is an insert fitting which reduces the flow from the Temperature Pressure Relieve valve. That could be a code violation. Otherwise, interesting presentation. Also interesting that none of the water pipes are insulated. Don't they lose heat that way?
Where do you have yours located and how big is the areas? have you noticed a temperature drop? I’m thinking about putting one on my 2 car garage. I’m Just wondering if it would help with the heat
it tends to cool down the space a good bet but usually only when you're actually having water heated also it would depend on how insulated the garage is.
No …he has this neat thing called a “ hydro bill” that shows what he was spending on hydro compared to ..wait for it …what he’s spending now with this installed …
I don't own one of these yet but have read on other evaluations that the noise level is similar to your refrigerator running which is the noise of the same type of compressor that this heat pump uses.
Hybrid water heaters SUCK! Period. I have one as a test model in my own home and am a licensed professional at the highest levels with 25 years of experience. There is little difference between brands with build quality. The heat pumps run nearly constantly in hybrid or especially efficiency mode, they burn out, coils ice over and are just generally buggy (don't heat the tank all the way through. I have an 80 gallon in a basement that is always, year-round between 55 and 65 degrees. Well within the operational temps stated by the manufacturer. In efficiency mode it takes 24 hours to heat through from cold, in hybrid mode it takes 12 and straight electric mode electric takes 5-6 hours. I get calls and complaints from owners all the time and there is literally nothing I can do because there is no error code and nor real serviceable parts in the compressor unless you're an AC/R tech, which pretty much no plumber is. So, the manufacturer will give you a new water heater after a good fight, but you will be on the hook for its installation. Gas operated on demand systems are just as efficient if not more so and can actually be fixed if they break and produce endless hot water at 5-6 GPM. Hybrid water heaters are expensive JUNK pushed by the green douche's simply because its electric and that way they can have a single fuel "pipeline" that can at some point, be controlled/regulated and it's not the bad...bad fossil fuel. If you have ANY OTHER OPTION, do that because otherwise I promise well before the factory warrantee is up, you will be getting the dreaded error code for a failed compressor. Yes, some people have no problems and if that's you great, save your breath because you are the minority I have installed literally a few thousand of these now over a decade or more, all brands all sizes and I am here to tell you that 2-3 of every 10 we install fail in the first 3 years. So, 20% to 30% failure rate from the factory. Why am I so mad? Because customers associate these failures with my work, even if they picked the water heater, it must be something we did wrong with the installation, or we must have damaged it when bringing it in. Ect. I have some customers on their 3rd hybrid water heater in 4 years and they appreciate me coming out to help about as much as one appreciates his dentist during a root canal. This is just another example of the green new government working with, schilling for, the manufacture and release to the public of an inferior product in the name of efficiency, that is actually less efficient and cost more to own than most on demand gas water heaters. Oh, but you're saving the planet with electricity from a coal, or co-generated power plant, or solar where large swaths of land were clear cut for panels. Its BS and the consumer is lead down the primrose path by the promise of efficiency and "savings". Don't believe it.... you're getting screwed. And yeah....I tell all customers this stuff up front now, so they can't blame me when 3 years later their paying me to do a warranty swap and wrangle the manufacturer to honor their warrantee.
Nice review. What was the circuit breaker size required to provide electric power to your hybrid heat pump water heater?
@@brucehutcheson5371 it’s a 30 amp 240 V because it can operate as a normal electric hot water heater as well
When your condensation drain was frozen, did you experience any damage or maintenance you had to perform? I think the same thing recently happened to mine, and it’s been doing this hum/ringing ever since.
How many kw did it consume in a month? $5.50 doesn't help as we don't know how much you pay for electricity.
He noted he is in KY in another video. About .13kwh average there. So 42-43 kwh.
Good job! You might want to take a look at the TPR valve. There appears to be a PEX fitting which is an insert fitting which reduces the flow from the Temperature Pressure Relieve valve. That could be a code violation. Otherwise, interesting presentation. Also interesting that none of the water pipes are insulated. Don't they lose heat that way?
thanks I will look into that !!!
Where do you have yours located and how big is the areas? have you noticed a temperature drop? I’m thinking about putting one on my 2 car garage. I’m Just wondering if it would help with the heat
it tends to cool down the space a good bet but usually only when you're actually having water heated also it would depend on how insulated the garage is.
I know this sounds crazy, but if one wants to be even more efficient, they should make refrigerator/water heater all in one unit.
Please let me know if this appliance is on the market. 1 stone kills 2 birds
Have you actually measured the current draw? With a meter I.e. killawatt?
No …he has this neat thing called a “ hydro bill” that shows what he was spending on hydro compared to ..wait for it …what he’s spending now with this installed …
Hi Brad!
Is this model rated for noise, what is the decibel level it makes?
I don't own one of these yet but have read on other evaluations that the noise level is similar to your refrigerator running which is the noise of the same type of compressor that this heat pump uses.
Hybrid water heaters SUCK! Period. I have one as a test model in my own home and am a licensed professional at the highest levels with 25 years of experience. There is little difference between brands with build quality. The heat pumps run nearly constantly in hybrid or especially efficiency mode, they burn out, coils ice over and are just generally buggy (don't heat the tank all the way through. I have an 80 gallon in a basement that is always, year-round between 55 and 65 degrees. Well within the operational temps stated by the manufacturer. In efficiency mode it takes 24 hours to heat through from cold, in hybrid mode it takes 12 and straight electric mode electric takes 5-6 hours. I get calls and complaints from owners all the time and there is literally nothing I can do because there is no error code and nor real serviceable parts in the compressor unless you're an AC/R tech, which pretty much no plumber is. So, the manufacturer will give you a new water heater after a good fight, but you will be on the hook for its installation. Gas operated on demand systems are just as efficient if not more so and can actually be fixed if they break and produce endless hot water at 5-6 GPM. Hybrid water heaters are expensive JUNK pushed by the green douche's simply because its electric and that way they can have a single fuel "pipeline" that can at some point, be controlled/regulated and it's not the bad...bad fossil fuel. If you have ANY OTHER OPTION, do that because otherwise I promise well before the factory warrantee is up, you will be getting the dreaded error code for a failed compressor. Yes, some people have no problems and if that's you great, save your breath because you are the minority I have installed literally a few thousand of these now over a decade or more, all brands all sizes and I am here to tell you that 2-3 of every 10 we install fail in the first 3 years. So, 20% to 30% failure rate from the factory. Why am I so mad? Because customers associate these failures with my work, even if they picked the water heater, it must be something we did wrong with the installation, or we must have damaged it when bringing it in. Ect. I have some customers on their 3rd hybrid water heater in 4 years and they appreciate me coming out to help about as much as one appreciates his dentist during a root canal. This is just another example of the green new government working with, schilling for, the manufacture and release to the public of an inferior product in the name of efficiency, that is actually less efficient and cost more to own than most on demand gas water heaters. Oh, but you're saving the planet with electricity from a coal, or co-generated power plant, or solar where large swaths of land were clear cut for panels. Its BS and the consumer is lead down the primrose path by the promise of efficiency and "savings". Don't believe it.... you're getting screwed. And yeah....I tell all customers this stuff up front now, so they can't blame me when 3 years later their paying me to do a warranty swap and wrangle the manufacturer to honor their warrantee.
lol Next time put the camera on top of the teleprompter.
It’s water heater not a hot water heater.