Subj : Re: Another Outage (Thur 1 Aug)
To : Nightfox
From : Avon
Date : Sat Aug 03 2024 05:16 pm
On 01 Aug 2024 at 03:09p, Nightfox pondered and said...
Ni> Av> We now have a new (non leaking and working) hot water cylinder which
Ni> Av> always a good thing :)
Ni>
Ni> Yep. :)
Ni> Did you consider a tankless one? I think those look pretty cool - No
Ni> need for a big tank/cylinder, and it heats water on-the-fly.
We ended up going for one with a heat pump that sits atop of the cylinder... the COP is around 4.5 so 1kw in generates around 4.5kw of heat. It was more expensive to get but should save $$ over the life of the unit.
Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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