80 gallon water tanks now have integrated heat pumps

[crokett™]

crockett, was that a GE? Seriously unimpressed with them after my experience.  I thought about buying a Rheem, but I had enough.  Although the next one will probably be a heat pump, unless we move.  Ours is "energy saving" in that it will turn down the temp on a timer.  I should probably figure out how to make that work.

I don't  think so.  I don't remember the brand but I'm pretty sure it wasn't a GE.  Do you want me to ask?  I'll say I was impressed they had customer service people answering the phone on a Saturday evening.  Their tech support concluded he needed  a new board, which had to wait until shops were open Monday for him to get one.

[EricU]

if they had service available at that time it probably wasn't GE



Not that important to me, I don't think I'll buy for the next 10 years or so

[Cian]

Timely thread.  I'm WAYYY overdue in replacing my water heater.  

[NorthGaMan]

Why not put in a tankless unit or two if needed?