http://www.easyecoblog.com/281/hybrid-water-heaters/ Easy ways to be Green and Save Green Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.easyecoblog.com/281/hybrid-water-heaters/comment-page-1/#comment-14320 Albert Raymond Mon, 03 Jan 2011 09:58:00 +0000 http://www.easyecoblog.com/?p=281#comment-14320 We recently replaced a old standard 40 gallon electric water heater (worked great until it died) with the new GE Geospring Hybrid 50 gallon. The unit was installed professionally, in an unnvented 7 ft x 4 ft X 9 ft pantry. We started out in the default hybrid mode at 120 degrees. We found that we could barely get a bathtub of hot water. We switched over to the "high demand mode", and even after increasing the setting to 130 degrees, there still was barely enough hot water for one bath. We noted that when we ran hot water at the tap (5 feet from tank) it was consistently 10 degrees cooler than the water temperature setting (e.g. tank set for 130 degrees, water at tap 120 degrees). We called GE and they arranged for a service call. We live in rural Florida, and the man they sent was not familiar with the hybrid, but brought a printout of diagnostic tests for the unit. After about thirty minutes, he pronounced that the unit passed all of the tests. He offered that we might not be getting the volume of warm air in the pantry to allow the heat pump to extract and exchange to the tank water. To test this theory, I placed a ceramic type electric heater in the pantry near the units air intake. This made no perceptible difference in performance. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions? We recently replaced a old standard 40 gallon electric water heater (worked great until it died) with the new GE Geospring Hybrid 50 gallon. The unit was installed professionally, in an unnvented 7 ft x 4 ft X 9 ft pantry. We started out in the default hybrid mode at 120 degrees. We found that we could barely get a bathtub of hot water. We switched over to the “high demand mode”, and even after increasing the setting to 130 degrees, there still was barely enough hot water for one bath. We noted that when we ran hot water at the tap (5 feet from tank) it was consistently 10 degrees cooler than the water temperature setting (e.g. tank set for 130 degrees, water at tap 120 degrees). We called GE and they arranged for a service call. We live in rural Florida, and the man they sent was not familiar with the hybrid, but brought a printout of diagnostic tests for the unit. After about thirty minutes, he pronounced that the unit passed all of the tests. He offered that we might not be getting the volume of warm air in the pantry to allow the heat pump to extract and exchange to the tank water. To test this theory, I placed a ceramic type electric heater in the pantry near the units air intake. This made no perceptible difference in performance. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestions?

]]> http://www.easyecoblog.com/281/hybrid-water-heaters/comment-page-1/#comment-3787 Solar Water Heating, Solar Water Heater | Easy Eco Blog Fri, 10 Sep 2010 07:02:11 +0000 http://www.easyecoblog.com/?p=281#comment-3787 [...] better option for many folks is a Hybrid Water heater. [...] [...] better option for many folks is a Hybrid Water heater. [...]

]]> http://www.easyecoblog.com/281/hybrid-water-heaters/comment-page-1/#comment-3171 Federal Tax Credit on Energy Efficient Water Heaters | Easy Eco Blog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:02:07 +0000 http://www.easyecoblog.com/?p=281#comment-3171 [...] Water Heaters must have Energy Factor >= 0.82 or a thermal efficiency of at least 90%.  Newer Hybrid water heaters are also [...] [...] Water Heaters must have Energy Factor >= 0.82 or a thermal efficiency of at least 90%.  Newer Hybrid water heaters are also [...]

]]> http://www.easyecoblog.com/281/hybrid-water-heaters/comment-page-1/#comment-2583 Tankless Water Heaters - Federal Tax Rebates | Easy Eco Blog Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:38:38 +0000 http://www.easyecoblog.com/?p=281#comment-2583 [...] sure to also consider a Hybrid Water Heater or an Energy Efficient water heater. [...] [...] sure to also consider a Hybrid Water Heater or an Energy Efficient water heater. [...]

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