Heat Pump?

[DB]

We have inverter heat pump (3 blowers) and the energy bill that we received last month was $100 and this month is $85.

Wow. How do you heat your water?

[katandbob]

If you want heat, look at a pellet fire, we have one of those, and although its not perfect (its a bit noisy, and you have to lug a bag of pellets in every couple of days) it does heat like a demon, and is very cost effective to operate. It does need electricity though.

what does it need electicity for? and can you keep it going without it?

I am going to be looking at something that would work in a power cut

thanks

Kat

[Singel]

Wow. How do you heat your water?

We use gas to heat the water and our gas bill is about $35 per month.
I understand that most of the new builds in Auckland have this facility ................... save a lot of storage space (no more big boiler) and the small gas box is outside the house.

We use Mitsubishi inverter heat pump nearly 2 years and we run the air-con throughout the night in our bedroom every day.

[Singel]

We use gas to heat the water and our gas bill is about $35 per month.
I understand that most of the new builds in Auckland have this facility ................... save a lot of storage space (no more big boiler) and the small gas box is outside the house.

We use Mitsubishi inverter heat pump nearly 2 years and we run the air-con throughout the night in our bedroom every day.

Ooophs, forgot to mention something........
During a power failure, we still could cook and make a cup of tea cos we are using main gas as well, just make sure that I have a box of match sticks to start the fire.

[Avalon]

http://www.enz.org/forum/showthread....hlight=captron

Theres actually quite a lot of info on heat pums (as well as other forms of heating) on this thread.

Theres a link to a company called EEH - and they have a lot of info on heatpumps for those who need them. We have found it very helpful in deciding who to use.

[DB]

what does it need electicity for? and can you keep it going without it?

It uses power for the fans, the automatic ignition and the feed auger, and so no, it wont work at all without power. I understand that you can get a battery backup option for the things, but it an option we never investigated, so I cant say more about it than that.

I suppose I should mention that you can use a thermostat and/or a timer with a pellet fire, as its electrically controlled.

[AndyA]

A friend of mine just had his house fitted out with 9 radiators and a gas boiler, the whole place is now as warm as toast. I thought some of you might be interested in a look at the company. (I have no interest in the company!!)

http://www.savona.co.nz/

AndyA

[Moorf]

Remember there is no mains gas in the South Island...

[clg]

As another option: http://centralheating.co.nz/ they do boilers with Diesel, Gas, or Wood pellets. We have a system by them.

[banjan2]

we do not have heat pump in dunedin.
our bill was over 300 dollars.