Heat Pump Water Heater Vs Gas

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Heat pump water heater vs gas.

As opposed to gas or propane heat pumps use electricity to heat water. If you want to keep your monthly heating costs as low as possible keep your heat pump water heater in economy mode. How heat pumps warm your pool to begin the process of transferring heat the pool pump s fan sucks in the air outside your pool. Running costs for a heat pump water heater cost approximately 150 650 a year depending on the electricity rate and the average outdoor temperature.

Instead of creating heat through burning fuel heat pumps capture heat from the surrounding air then transfer that heat to your swimming water. Extremely hot air is not always a good thing though. The extremely hot air that gas furnaces produce can cause your skin to dry out in the winter and can actually produce higher temperatures than you need wasting energy. And it always takes less energy to move heat than create it.

Pros for heat pump water heaters. Technically gas furnaces produce more heat than heat pumps. Installing a new heat pump water heater can cost about 4 000 8 000. Can be put on a night rate electricity supply to get a cheaper rate.