baggachipz 7 hours ago

heat pump for house !== heat pump for hot water

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  • Youden 6 hours ago

    I don't know what it's like where you're living but here in Switzerland it's completely normal to have one heat pump that does both. Here there's a lot of floor heating, which also uses water, so you usually just run one loop to the "boiler" (a water tank with a copper loop for the water from the heat pump to circulate through) and one through the floor and have a valve to switch which is running through the heat pump.

    I have one of these: https://cta.ch/en/private/products/ah-i-eco-innen

    I got it in October so most of the time I've had it has been <10C. It's produced 806.3 kWh of heating for hot water and 6587.2 kWh for the floor heating. It consumed 302.7 kWh and 1801.4 kWh respectively, for a COP of 2.66 and 3.66.

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  • gwbas1c 6 hours ago

    There's a lot of different heating systems: If your heating system uses hot water at any point, (baseboards, hydro-air, underfloor, ect,) using a single heat pump makes a LOT of sense.

    Personally, I prefer an air-source heat pump hot water tank. It significantly dehumidifies my basement.

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