Why Do You Use Air to Water Heat Pump for Hot Water?

With the increase in energy prices, most people intend to take advantage of cost savings from heat pumps for heating and cooling needs. This is where a quality air to water heat pump for hot water comes in handy. 

The heat pump can be used for heating water at home. When you use a heat pump for hot water, it offers you maximum cost savings. However, Arctic series heat pump can be added to your home to take advantage of optimal savings on heating and cooling. 

Nowadays companies like GE, Rheem and A.O. Smith are manufacturing highly integrated heat pump systems to produce hot water. Generally, these heat pumps extract energy from the air and transfer to the residential hot water tank. 

These single tank systems are specifically engineered for residential hot water. As a homeowner, you can heat and cool water at home, pool, or hot tub with an Arctic Heat Pump system. It can provide you with hot water throughout the year. 

What Makes a Heat Pump Perfect for Heating Water? 

Generally, a heat pump is used for producing hot water in warm climates; but not in cold climates like Northern USA or Canada where the heating requirements are more. Usually, a heat pump pumps heat energy from a place to another. 

When you install an Arctic Heat Pump, it pumps energy from the outside of the house and indoor buffer storage tank. It can give you maximum cost savings as the outdoor energy it pumps out is completely free. 

Again if you install a heat pump in the indoor to transfer the indoor energy to the water tank, the energy isn’t free as you’ve already made the payment to produce it during winter through furnace or boiler. These pumps are simply transferring the paid energy from the basement room to the water tank with zero cost savings. 

The cooling is the primary load in warmer climates and the heat pump is an economic option as they help the AC by removing the unnecessary heat energy from the room at a cost like operating an air conditioner. The hot air in the room gets pumped into the water tank and makes the house colder. 

How Do You Heat Water with an Arctic Heat Pump?

Arctic series heat pump system heats water in a completely different way than any water heat pump. Though it’s installed outside, this removes the free energy from the air and transfers to a buffer tank. An additional heating copper-coil is present in the buffer tank. It’s of 200 feet in length and a total surface area of 26.2 ft2. 

First of all, cold water from the house enters this copper coil and the heat energy within the buffer tank gets transferred to residential hot water through a large heat exchanger. This is quite same to an on-demand or tankless hot water system. 

In most circumstances, a small water tank or a tankless heater is used after the heat pump to heat water at a higher temperature. The heat pump system uses Freon R410A including geothermal with a maximum temperature of around 130F to reach 140-160F as the water will require a small boast. 

If you want to learn more about this heat pump, feel free to contact Arctic Heat Pumps team at  +1 (866) 800-8123.