As a fellow Ohioan with old ass HVAC and a furnace. Where can Iearn more?!
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SCB@lemmy.world 11 months agoHeat pumps are nearly as cheap in Ohio as NG and save you money over the life of your house. Despite being run by MAGA, Ohio has some pretty sweet green energy subsidies and tax write-offs.
Great substitute for geothermal.
TheD00d@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 11 months ago
Replace your furnace with a heat pump long before you even think about upgrading your water heater.
Think of a HPWH as an air conditioner, that dumps heat into water instead of the outside air. Do you want your furnace and your air conditioner running in your home simultaneously? All winter long, that is what a HPWH will be doing. Because your furnace heats your house, and the HPWH gets it heat from your house, your furnace will be providing the heat for your water as well.
In summer, HPWHs make perfect sense. The HPWH will be working with your AC instead of against your furnace.
If you have a heat pump HVAC system, a HPWH is just a second stage heat pump. Your HVAC is still going to be providing the heat for your water as well as the house, but the heat pump HVAC can provide heat more efficiently than a gas water heater or resistive electric water heater. Since the HVAC heat pump is more efficient than a traditional water heater, it is reasonable to shift that water heating load onto your HVAC with a HPWH.
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 11 months ago
I’m in the market for a water heater in Ohio. The cheapest heat pump water heater I could find is more than twice the price of a typical NG heater. Where are you finding them for anything remotely close to the same price?
One important thing to note: heat pump water heaters take heat from the house and put it into the water. In an Ohio winter, that might not be desirable: you’re paying for the heat from the furnace, then paying for the same heat again into the tank.
pedalmore@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There’s a federal tax credit worth 2k for HPWH. I’m not aware of any Ohio specific subsidies, although there are programs coming through the IRA that are run through the states and will offer more incentives.
theragu40@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Up to* $2k. Just for the sake of clarity.
The tax credit 30% of the total project price, up to $2k. If the HPWH is over double the cost of NG, you’re still paying quite a bit more even with the tax credit.
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Wow man maybe it’s because I had to do a whole rip job on my heater? I sunk $20k into my heating and cooling system this year. Was a fuckin nightmare. Maybe if you’re going whole cloth the savings show up more?
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 11 months ago
You’re talking about HVAC while everyone else is talking about water heaters. I think it’s pretty well demonstrated that heat pumps for HVAC are the way to go but not for heating water.
SCB@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That makes sense.