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AI6YR

21 Jan, 4 tweets, 1 min read

High tech heat pump/hybrid water heater installed. Waiting for hot water. Acting as a serious AC unit for the garage, so far. Replaced the 20 year old gas water heater. Cross fingers.

Some asked about the noise. It's definitely louder than a gas driven water heater; not as noisy as an A/C unit, but it's fairly loud in the garage as it warms up. You can hear it in the room directly adjacent to the unit, but not in the rest of the house.

It's taken awhile for it to bring the tank up closer to temp, now getting warm water out of the tap. Still cranking away, the garage (65F) is now significantly colder than outside (78F). Surfaces near the air outlet are reading ~50F. Working well as an A/C unit!

Not fully to temp, but it's now definitely hot water (hot enough for a shower). Might end up turning the temperature down, it's set to 121F (high). We had our last one just above "warm", whatever that is.

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