Subj : Re: Another Outage (Thur 1 Aug)
To   : Nightfox
From : Avon
Date : Sat Aug 03 2024 05:16 pm

On 01 Aug 2024 at 03:09p, Nightfox pondered and said...
 
 Ni>  Av> We now have a new (non leaking and working) hot water cylinder which 
 Ni>  Av> always a good thing :)
 Ni> 
 Ni> Yep.  :)
 Ni> Did you consider a tankless one?  I think those look pretty cool - No
 Ni> need for a big tank/cylinder, and it heats water on-the-fly.

We ended up going for one with a heat pump that sits atop of the cylinder... the COP is around 4.5 so 1kw in generates around 4.5kw of heat. It was more expensive to get but should save $$ over the life of the unit.

Kerr Avon [Blake's 7] 'I'm not expendable, I'm not stupid and I'm not going'
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