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Most heat-pump water heaters incorporate both of these components — the heat pump and the insulated tank — into a single unit, with the heat pump compressor mounted above the insulated tank. This type of water heater is typically installed in a basement, mechanical room, or (in warm climates) in an attached garage.
1) Anyone have luck with DIY compressor blanket for their Rheem/Ruud proterra hybrid water heater? The one that came with mine (2024) is a joke. 2) Anyone have a picture of the “foam kit” Rheem makes ( <Part #SP21173 )?
Yesterday my wife and I replaced our old hot water heater with a Rheem hybrid. The hot water closet is located off of a hallway next to our kitchen in the center of our house. I turn the unit on and the heat pump turned on and the noise was like that of a loud hair dryer. The water closet is in the center of the first floor of our house.
The benefit of a heat-pump water heater is that you get at least twice as much hot water from each kilowatt-hour of electricity consumed as you get from a standard electric water heater. The Energy Factors of these units range from 2.0 to 2.5–meaning that they are, effectively, 200% to 250% efficient at converting electricity into heat.
Rheem (unit C) chose to ensure hot water delivery over ultimate efficiency. (see the charts on pg 51 and pg 56) The Stiebel Eltron (unit D) behaved more like what you are desiring with very little (if any) resistive operation, which helps system efficiency in certain contexts.
Inlet T was ~80F and outlet is ~122F. I'm in Tucson and room temp right now is ~80F. My only hot water use is for showering (est 2 gal/min * 20 min) and dish washing (5 gal in machine, 5 gal misc), clothes washing is all cold, except for rare occasions. So for a back-of-the-envelope calculation let's say hot water consumption is 50 gal/day.
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