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Home Hot water Supply


Hi, My hot water cylinder at home had died and I'm looking at replacing with a Chromegen heat pump cyclinder. They say it's electricity saving and you get Gov rebates in Victoria with the 170ltr unit totally free supply and install if you're replacing electric for electric system.

Has anyone on here done this and what is your opinion on this unit.

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In the early 1980s my parents put a hot water heat pump in. It had the condenser coils (in sheet form) around the outside.

It cost a fortune back then but it did reduce electricity costs a lot. It lasted about 15 years.



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A heat pump is a better system than immersion heating but personally I would never install anything with the Chromogen name (which come from Israe)l.
Even better if you combine it with a solar collector.
We turn the electrical heating power to our hot water system off for at least 6 months every year.
Cheers,
Peter

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Jaybird wrote:

Hi, My hot water cylinder at home had died and I'm looking at replacing with a Chromegen heat pump cyclinder. They say it's electricity saving and you get Gov rebates in Victoria with the 170ltr unit totally free supply and install if you're replacing electric for electric system.

Has anyone on here done this and what is your opinion on this unit.

Thanks


 Just whack an Evacuated Tubing Hot Water system onto your roof....zero power bills.Apricus is a good brand,and there are many in Victoria....Cheers



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We had a very similar unit and found it did save on electricity. As it turns on randomly when the water cools, we wired in a timer so it would only turn on during the day. We found ours would run between 2 - 4 hours per day. They sound like an air conditioner, but not quite as noisy.



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I love my solar hot water system, 4 years I have had it now, back in August I noticed the water was not quiet as hot  as normal so I rang the supplier and he asked have we switched the heater booster on, I felt a fool.



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I have an Apricus Evacuated tubes Solar Hot water system. It was the smallest 10 tube house hold one I could get for average, 2 people. We do not have the electric boost turned on for about 9 months of the year, and only sometimes in winter. It cost us less then 1000 dollars fitted, at the time. I even bought a demo version 5 tube for my caravan but have not fitted it. It will be used on my cabin one day instead. It costs me no more then 15 dollars a quarter when using electric boosting. But we only turn it on when needed for a shower in cloudy weather. which is rare, because you always get some sunshine during the day.

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Yes, a different brand but supplied and installed for $118 (various subsidies) about 4 or 5 years ago. Still on off peak power. Hot water costs are now very low.

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