Home Improvement

11649 readers

2 users here now

Home Improvement

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

nieceandtows@lemmy.world

nieceandtows@programming.dev

227

Replaced my electric resistance water heater with heat pump, dramatic reduction in energy usage (infosec.pub)

submitted 6 days ago by pageflight@lemmy.world to c/homeimprovement@lemmy.world

32 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34021020

I recently installed an Emporia Vue with monitoring for the individual circuit my water heater is on. It captured the very significant difference in energy usage from replacing resistive heat with heat pump.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] burrito@sh.itjust.works 5 points 6 days ago

I have been running a Rheem one for almost 5 years now and I haven't had a single issue with it. It's nice that it will keep the garage dehumidified. I also set mine to 140F and it does pretty well with multiple showers. We occasionally run out but that doesn't happen very often, maybe a handful of times per year. With rebates and installing it myself it was able to pay for itself in about 2.5 years.