True. It could have totally crapped out and that would be ugly. Not so for me, as I can do a Navy shower if necessary.
I’m just trying to decide whether or not to go with the heat pump water heater ($1200) or a conventional electric heater ($600-$700). The hybrid heater will pay for itself in a year or less, along with lowering temps in the garage since it’s working like an AC unit in reverse and dumping cold air into the garage. There is also a tax credit for it this year, too. I’m just concerned about reliability and the controls - if they flake out nothing happens. At least with a conventional water heater you can still have one element working (like mine right now) and get some warm water. Anyone out there have one of these heat pump water heaters, or know someone who does? I’ve looked at them closely over the past 4-5 years and they seem to be pretty reliable. A O Smith seems to be the leader as far as sales. GE was doing them but I don’t see them any more. -D > On Nov 23, 2017, at 9:56 AM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > You are lucky. It could have died the day you are riding your bicycle and get > hit by a sprinter van (Mercedes content) and really really badly want a hot > shower or soak in the tub but all you can get is cold water. > > Be thankful for tepid. > > --R > Sent from iPhone > >> On Nov 23, 2017, at 9:34 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Hmm. Shower wasn’t as hot as normal this morning….maybe a lot of other >> stuff is running? >> >> While I’m preparing Thanksgiving dinner stuff, youngest son comes out of his >> bathroom, complaining that he doesn’t have any hot water for his shower. >> Wife pipes up, saying that yeah, she noticed the water didn’t seem as hot >> the last couple of days. >> >> Thanks for letting me know, guys. Guess I’ll run to the hardware store - >> oops! It’s Thanksgiving - guess that’s not going to happen. Grr. >> >> Sounds like only one element is running in the water heater. Now I need to >> decide if I should just replace the bad element or use this opportunity to >> put in the heat pump water heater I’ve been looking for…. my only real >> concern is how noisy it will be, despite being in the garage. The wall it’s >> next to is a bedroom (youngest son’s). Water heater is probably 10+ years >> old or close to it, so it’s most likely getting ready to start leaking, too. >> >> Hmm. >> >> -D >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
