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| Thread ID: 100204 | 2009-05-30 04:02:00 | Heat Pump question | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 778226 | 2009-05-30 22:42:00 | In the 7 years I have had a heat pump, I have never had a power cut. Fingers crossed, not while using it anyway. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 778227 | 2009-05-30 23:17:00 | Misty thanks for that, I thought it was $500 before, it still has to come into effect right? Was that related to the budget. I thought the thousand odd figure was for insulation. Hi Nomad The grant is in operation now, and has been for a while - it has nothing to do with the budget. www.energywise.govt.nz The grant is for up to $1,000 + GST = $1,125. You do not pay anything back. A group called "The Right House" operate things in our area. They are not stuck with any particular brand. It includes grants for heat pumps, lagging etc, etc. "Somebody" seems to have been reading the budget in isolation. Misty :nerd: |
Misty (368) | ||
| 778228 | 2009-05-30 23:21:00 | If you want to find out about The Right House, which seems to be nationwide http://www.righthouse.co.nz/ Misty :) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 778229 | 2009-05-30 23:27:00 | Here is some useful information. www.nzherald.co.nz :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 778230 | 2009-05-31 01:14:00 | Hi, for those who have them, do you really see a difference in your power bills?Ours costs about $30 per month. Divided by 3 people in the house it's really worth it. The heating and cooling tends to cost the same throughout the winter and the summer. It's the best thing my mum ever did to get it. We run our Daikin unit almost 24/7 now for the benefit of my elderly dad, and we've got a tunnel to my late mum's bedroom where she could turn it off or on to whatever comfort level she required. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 778231 | 2009-05-31 22:22:00 | We have a cold old house with high ceilings and firewood has been around $500 per year / winter, which works out to about $70 - $100 per month during May - October. When we realized that firewood was not a cheap way to heat our house, we decided to get a heat pump installed. After 6 weeks of operation our power bill has gone up and while I have not yet figured the exact increase (comparing with previous winters) it is no more than what firewood costs. What we like about the heat pump is that we have a warm living area within 5 minutes whereas the fire took an hour or more. Often we would only want heat for an hour (in the morning or after work before going out again) so it would be chilly because the wood burner was not quick enough. When we are home for awhile and once we are toasty warm, I adjust the fan down to low / quiet and the heat down from 22 to 18 degrees plus the "economy" mode. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 778232 | 2009-06-01 00:29:00 | We are considering a heat pump and have been surprised by the salesmen who say you should keep the pump operating all the time to save having to heat up the otherwise cold air. This is nonsense of course and is the same as keeping a fan heater on all the time. Apparently it is a fairly well known myth and probably accounts for the reason some people find that the heat pump is expensive to run. One saleman even drew parallels with water heating and asked us if we "Turned off the immersion heater when we go to bed" My answer surprised him "of course we always did that at one time" but when I told him that our set up now is to turn it on automatically in the late evening and off in the morning, he was really puzzled and obviously had never heard of the cheap night time rate. Makes you wonder where these people are from. |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 778233 | 2009-06-01 01:22:00 | I don't leave mine going all the time. Mine is set to manual, don't use any of the auto functions. When I get up on a cold morning I turn it on and after about 5 mins turn it on to powerful mode which runs for 20 mins then it switches back to slow fan speed mode which I have it set too. Have the thermostat set to 22 degrees. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 778234 | 2009-06-01 02:13:00 | I have wondered whether to leave our heat pump going all the time. We don't do this and just turn it on when we need it, for either heating (or cooling) often for only half an hour. This suits us, as the house stays warm, providing nobody leaves doors open unnecessarily. Maybe if it was a cold home I would leave it on all through the colder months. We do have a gas heater which gets used from time to time, but the heat pump is our main source of heating. Most of us have to pay for some form of energy, whatever we use is fair game for revenue gatherers. Perhaps that should be 'unfair game'. Just to add to the segment about the insulation energy grant, we recently took advantage of that and had our ceiling re-done. Over the years the original batts had packed down. They just laid the new insulation over the top of the old, the noticeable difference was immediate. |
Marnie (4574) | ||
| 778235 | 2009-06-01 02:17:00 | Have the thermostat set to 22 degrees. :) Wow, Trev, do you run around the house in the nude ?? :D :illogical We tried setting ours to 19 degrees and that is to hot - now have it at 18 degrees Misty :) |
Misty (368) | ||
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