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That's what I did. My water heater is in the basement, and it keeps it dry during humid summers. (I live where we have humid summers.) In my case, it makes sen
by gwbas1c 7y ago
That's what I did. My water heater is in the basement, and it keeps it dry during humid summers. (I live where we have humid summers.)
In my case, it makes sense because my solar PV is also to run heat pumps for heating and charging cars, and I have a good deal for net metering. Why have a separate hot water system running to my roof when I could just make the pv system a little bigger?
At least where I live, basements get damp in the summer and people have to run dehumidifiers. The heat pump water heater acts as a free dehumidifier that never needs to be drained.
- kavalg 7y agoCan you clarify the "never needs to be drained" part?
- LgWoodenBadger 7y agoMost plug-in dehumidifiers (the kind you'd use in a seasonally-humid basement, most likely) are used where there there is no floor-drain, so the condensation is collected in a gallon-or-two-sized bucket that you have to empty periodically.
- gwbas1c 7y agoThe plumber hooked it up to the same kind of condensation pump/drain that central AC uses.