I know old people are resistant to change but how about keeping your infantile and political comments out of this discussion? And for purposes of your education, consider reading this: https://electrek.co/2022/09/02/tesla-virtual-power-plant-growing/ and this: https://medium.com/yardcouch-com/te...the-utility-industry-here-is-how-d899b81b05aaYou can do whatever your little heart desires....
those dickheads on u-tube just barely know enough
to make a video and give you all the show-biz
smoke and glitter that you want to hear.... then you find
out the hard way
You realize that a all common electric water heaters
can leak at any time after install.... The heat pump can break down at any time after the install...
When one of these two things happen the whole unit has to be shit-canned and replaced...
Now, If this heater starts to leak past the warranty at 6 years and 30 days out then you are totally screwed
and you start over.... $1700++ the same with a 9 year tank warranty......
If the heat pump fails at any time I really dont know anyone who would be willing to work on that too....at any time and even under warranty---- not me anyway, I am not fooling with a heat pump on a water heater
I dont know if you will ever re-coup the payback on one.....for the risk you are taking....
If you just get a common electric heater and put a blanket on the unit and install a thermal expansion tank on the unit , I feel that you are way ahead of the game....
NOW While you are at it, why not go get yourself an electric car and try to charge it in California when their woke governor says they are having a brown out and not to charge your car today and then you might understand where I am coming from....
A new battery replacement for your electric car is only gonna cost you about $15, 000
but you got to remember that you are doing your small part to save the planet...
That's 50 MW and growing in California. Perhaps it will make it to Indiana one day.
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