Hi folks,
Love this forum. Learned so much as a homeowner just browsing this site.
Quick question. we're replacing our HVAC with an 80% Lennox furnace and Bosch heat pump for a dual fuel setup.
While the old furnace is decommissioned, we have an opportunity to replace out NG water heater. It's in a tight location so this is as good an opportunity as any to replace it, even though it's only about 7-8 years old.
Any thoughts as to whether it makes sense to replace it with a heat pump water heater such as a Rheem Performance model? We have a 19.5 DC ground mount solar system so it does greatly augment our electrical usage and I just assume limit the amount of NG I utilize for heating and hot water. Trying to weight the pros and cons of sticking with NG or converting to a heat pump hot water heater (50 gallons). We will have no access to the anode rod for replacement given the tight location and it is in a utility room abutting a bedroom. It is possible we could augment AC in that bedroom by ducting it to the adjacent bedroom which is currently subserved by a mini split. I guess the added advantage would be some additional dehumidification of a pretty humid basement (coastal location).
Welcome and look forward to some sage advice/input. Bottom line...stick with basic NG heater (I think we paid around $XXX to have it installed and assume it would be pretty similar to replace now) or spend the $XXXXestimated to migrate to a heat pump water heater.
Thanks all!!!
Love this forum. Learned so much as a homeowner just browsing this site.
Quick question. we're replacing our HVAC with an 80% Lennox furnace and Bosch heat pump for a dual fuel setup.
While the old furnace is decommissioned, we have an opportunity to replace out NG water heater. It's in a tight location so this is as good an opportunity as any to replace it, even though it's only about 7-8 years old.
Any thoughts as to whether it makes sense to replace it with a heat pump water heater such as a Rheem Performance model? We have a 19.5 DC ground mount solar system so it does greatly augment our electrical usage and I just assume limit the amount of NG I utilize for heating and hot water. Trying to weight the pros and cons of sticking with NG or converting to a heat pump hot water heater (50 gallons). We will have no access to the anode rod for replacement given the tight location and it is in a utility room abutting a bedroom. It is possible we could augment AC in that bedroom by ducting it to the adjacent bedroom which is currently subserved by a mini split. I guess the added advantage would be some additional dehumidification of a pretty humid basement (coastal location).
Welcome and look forward to some sage advice/input. Bottom line...stick with basic NG heater (I think we paid around $XXX to have it installed and assume it would be pretty similar to replace now) or spend the $XXXXestimated to migrate to a heat pump water heater.
Thanks all!!!
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