ASHP & triple glazing

[Joeboy]

Finally took some E meter readings this morning which led me on towards the greatest use of E here at Turkish hoose is the HWT. This led me on towards thinking are A2HWHP a thing?

A quick Google search popped up a Singapore company at a 1st pass.

https://www.aosbath.com/micro-heat-pump ... smCHYlHu1n

Out tank here is 10 years old, just had element pulled and decalcified so should be good for a few years yet.



Always worthwhile going on these mental exercises upstream of the day it's needed.

P.S, it's over £2k for a 60ltr hwt!

[Fintray]

I'm sure heat pump HWC's have been discussed on here already and with the price of electricity in Turkey you'd be insane to even consider one.

[AE-NMidlands]

If you lived somewhere tropical that would be a brilliant thing to instal... saves on your a/c bill (or enhances the a/c's effect) and gives hot water. Especially good if your only way of heating water was resistive electricity.
However here I wouldn't want to take warmth out of the house unnecessarily - and would be a big investment for summer-only use!
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[Moxi]

JB, I have been looking at HP HWC for quite some time but I have to agree with Finntray that out in Türkiye it would never make any sense - cant really make it work in the UP at the elevated electric prices we pay! - if you wanted to do anything environmentally sensible out there it would be a good old fashioned solar tube water heater or if you want buy a solar shower bag and hang it up on the balcony cheap as chips and probably the most effective benefit and gain you would get for your efforts?

Moxi

[Stinsy]

I too am attracted by the idea of a HP DHW cylinder. However like a lot of this stuff there is a laundry-list of downsides.

1) The price is just way too high. A normal resistive cylinder might be £400 whereas a HP one is £2300 (https://www.heatershop.co.uk/dimplex-ed ... -pump-170l).
2) The CoP is pretty terrible. All the ones I've seen claim 2-4.
3) They require large ducts (particularly problematic in a traditional British airing cupboard in the middle of a house).
4) They're very bulky.

I get the point if you live in a typical American house. Here the HP cylinder replaces both the water heater and dehumidifier typically sited in a basement. And you can even duct the exhaust air into the house if you require cooling.

Frankly, if you have access to a ToU tariff, resistive is hard to beat!

[Joeboy]

I'm sure heat pump HWC's have been discussed on here already and with the price of electricity in Turkey you'd be insane to even consider one.

I know, I just liked the appeal of in house heat going into the hwc and cooling effect.

I wouldn't pursue it. Maybe in 10yrs when the price has dropped and smaller tanks appear.

I had a request in from Valiant this morning saying that Aberdeen Air Source had requested remote access to my system and would i authorise? Since they didn't bother (AAS) to contact me and seek my permission first they are onto plums.