Seems I'm diving in to all the rabbit holes today.
Anyone know what's what with CO2 Heat pumps* as an alternative to gas instant water heating?
* aka 'air-source heat pumps'
@raspberrypanda
Do not know about the instant water heater part of that, but there are heat pump water heaters that extract the ambient heat to raise a water tank up to temp. Actually cools the room it is in as well, so depending on installation location a part of a room/ house would also be cooled.
Yep. That's the puppy I'm looking at. It'd be outside here to save space so not worried about the cooling effects... just whether it would be a genuinely good, does what it says on the box, alternative to my existing gas water heating system. 👍
@raspberrypanda
Neighbor has one in their garage, semi open location. Actually does keep the area cooler, and he stated it has lowered his power consumption more.
He went solar a few years back as well, though does not have a dump connected, and is subject to local power regulations.
Hmm. Good to know that it does what it says it will do. My garage is fully enclosed, so it wouldn't be a location to set down the pump.
It would probably be even better if I could connect it to my solar. 🤔
Now to have a heart attack and find out the upfront cost of installation and work out what the repayment timescale might be.
@raspberrypanda @pendrag in US? check out the inflation reduction act. Might cover 30%