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Comment by porphyra

Interesting but federal tax credits for heat pump water heaters is ending next month [1]. It looks nice though.

For people wondering what's up with the "150 gal virtual" capacity, it's actually a 47 gal water heater but it heats water to a really high temperature (if needed) and mixes it with a thermostatic valve to output the desired temperature. For example if cold water was 15 degrees C and you want the hot water to be 40 degrees C, it can triple its "capacity" by heating it up to 90 degrees C and then mixing one part hot water with 2 parts cold water to give you three times as much hot water. Of course, this comes with a grave penalty to efficiency so you should only do it for "party mode".

[1] https://www.energystar.gov/about/federal-tax-credits

parent porphyra 11 months ago

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