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Afaik heat-pumps in the EU can provide unlimited hot water–what am I missing?
by thunfischbrot 8mo ago
Afaik heat-pumps in the EU can provide unlimited hot water–what am I missing?
- Y-bar 8mo agoGeothermal (and airbased) pumps theoretically do not have unlimited heating capacity. For example my pump (Daikin Altherma Geo 3) has a 180 litre water tank so it can ”only” supply 180 litres hot water at 65 degrees Celsius and takes about a minute to heat two additional lites. So if I want to quickly scald myself in a 400 litre pool at fifty degrees I can’t. But if I had a gas heater that would be possible!
- malfist 8mo agoDepends on how you measure unlimited. My hot water heater can pretty much indefinitely supply hot water for a single shower head with a modern water saving design. It can heat faster than 1.2 gallons/minute