I'm really looking forward to hearing how that heat pump HWS goes. I guess long term reliability will take a while to assess. I'd like to to get one too. Most people I talk to recommend Sanden. I've got this little 50 litre HWS hooked up to the solar system, timed to come on during the middle of the day. I run out occasionally, & need a bigger system. As you know, I've got about a 1/4 the panels you have in my off grid system, and most days the hot water heats up & it the batteries get back to 100. Longest I've gone is 3 days getting back to 100%
While technically it's a heat pump model, I believe that it's proper description is a hybrid model, I didn't think that these things were being sold here in Australia, most heat pump videos coming out of America are of the hybrid type, I personally would not consider a hybrid in Australia, while I believe that a proper heat pump model is slower to bring the water temperature up which is why it's important to pick a model with a larger storage tank but ultimately you avoid the 3kw load on the inverter! For me, I'm currently running a 3kw inverter and that means that I would have to make sure that nothing else decided to turn on while the hybrid is running, I believe that the heat pump only model only has a 1kw load which still means that I have to be careful with making sure that I don't overload the inverter, although I will soon be upgrading the inverter to a 6kw version and adding another 15kwh battery to the existing 15kwh I already have... Can't wait for that! Looking forward to seeing a future update on this video and if you actually need to run the tankless gas unit at all...
Hi Craig, I have the same model hot water system, it was installed about 3 weeks ago. I have set the timer to come on at 800 and off at 1600 to make use of the solar panels. I found the system still switches on whenever it wants. Have you experienced that? Regards Alan
Yes it is set to economy mode. I have cancelled the timer and set it again, still hear it come on sometimes in the middle of the night. I think I will have to put in a warranty claim
I'm really looking forward to hearing how that heat pump HWS goes. I guess long term reliability will take a while to assess. I'd like to to get one too. Most people I talk to recommend Sanden.
I've got this little 50 litre HWS hooked up to the solar system, timed to come on during the middle of the day. I run out occasionally, & need a bigger system.
As you know, I've got about a 1/4 the panels you have in my off grid system, and most days the hot water heats up & it the batteries get back to 100. Longest I've gone is 3 days getting back to 100%
Hi Craig, would you be able to make another video about the maintenance of this Midea heat pump please?
While technically it's a heat pump model, I believe that it's proper description is a hybrid model, I didn't think that these things were being sold here in Australia, most heat pump videos coming out of America are of the hybrid type, I personally would not consider a hybrid in Australia, while I believe that a proper heat pump model is slower to bring the water temperature up which is why it's important to pick a model with a larger storage tank but ultimately you avoid the 3kw load on the inverter!
For me, I'm currently running a 3kw inverter and that means that I would have to make sure that nothing else decided to turn on while the hybrid is running, I believe that the heat pump only model only has a 1kw load which still means that I have to be careful with making sure that I don't overload the inverter, although I will soon be upgrading the inverter to a 6kw version and adding another 15kwh battery to the existing 15kwh I already have... Can't wait for that!
Looking forward to seeing a future update on this video and if you actually need to run the tankless gas unit at all...
so far so good. Even on an average day its back to 55deg usually by lunch time. Good luck with your system !
Hi Craig, I have the same model hot water system, it was installed about 3 weeks ago. I have set the timer to come on at 800 and off at 1600 to make use of the solar panels. I found the system still switches on whenever it wants. Have you experienced that? Regards Alan
Have you set it to Economy mode ? Even then it will (every 7days) heat to 65 deg to ensure no bacteria.
Yes it is set to economy mode. I have cancelled the timer and set it again, still hear it come on sometimes in the middle of the night. I think I will have to put in a warranty claim