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Travis_0004

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11. Yup

Reply to LiberalArkie (Reply #10)

Tue Dec 1, 2015, 09:14 PM

Dec 2015

I'm not so sure a heat pump would work so well when its -10 outside, (and most people use gas, not electric), so you don't see them up here too often.

I'm proud to say my water heater was installed in 1971. The warranty expired in 1986, so I guess I'm on my own when it comes time to replace it

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Why Poor People Stay Poor [View all] madamesilverspurs Dec 2015 OP

Thank you for this post. PatrickforO Dec 2015 #1

LOL w0nderer Dec 2015 #3

I always wanted to see a w0nderer Dec 2015 #2

Will post in GD. madamesilverspurs Dec 2015 #5

Hahaha! babylonsister Dec 2015 #6

that's kinda my thought w0nderer Dec 2015 #9

Hellfighter hose ready w0nderer Dec 2015 #8

I thought I had prepared for my old age NV Whino Dec 2015 #4

which one now makes more w0nderer Dec 2015 #14

Simply put, it cost money to save money Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #7

I bought a heat pump water heater a few years ago. Sure is expensive to buy, but cut my LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #10

Yup Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #11

Where it is handy here in the south is the cool air it puts out during the warm months. When it gets LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #12

Makes sense Travis_0004 Dec 2015 #13

northern europe w0nderer Dec 2015 #16

-10 F a heat pump will do nothing for you w0nderer Dec 2015 #15

Many heat pump systems have an auxiliary electric heating coil. FSogol Jan 2016 #22

Almost everyone dies within a rung or two on the ladder from where they are born KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #17

Yes! rpritchard93 Jan 2016 #18

I struggle day in and day out. rpritchard93 Jan 2016 #19

Sometimes it helps to know we're not alone, yes? madamesilverspurs Jan 2016 #20

Yes. rpritchard93 Jan 2016 #21

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