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Fellas!
I need a water heater for my home in hot, sunny Florida. No gas available in the garage so it will be electric.
I had read so many good things on the heat pump/hybrid models but man there is a dislike for them on here when I came on to check.
Are they that bad still? I understand the previous generations had their kinks and were expensive. ($1,000 now) I read the current Rheem ones are pretty good with some real watts to be saved.
Mine would be situated in a hot garage almost year round so I seem to be a good candidate for this. I can even plumb in 120-degree attic air if I wanted.
Additionally, they have a 10-year parts warranty and I can turn a wrench as long as they send me the parts. Or for $69 you add 5 years for a total of 6 years labor warranty from HD.
The comparable tried and true regular WH is $419. So the differential is not that bad if the hybrid unit will return the savings eventually.
I'll handle the install myself, I've done a few of these.
Thoughts?
I need a water heater for my home in hot, sunny Florida. No gas available in the garage so it will be electric.
I had read so many good things on the heat pump/hybrid models but man there is a dislike for them on here when I came on to check.
Are they that bad still? I understand the previous generations had their kinks and were expensive. ($1,000 now) I read the current Rheem ones are pretty good with some real watts to be saved.
Mine would be situated in a hot garage almost year round so I seem to be a good candidate for this. I can even plumb in 120-degree attic air if I wanted.
Additionally, they have a 10-year parts warranty and I can turn a wrench as long as they send me the parts. Or for $69 you add 5 years for a total of 6 years labor warranty from HD.
The comparable tried and true regular WH is $419. So the differential is not that bad if the hybrid unit will return the savings eventually.
I'll handle the install myself, I've done a few of these.
Thoughts?