Hybrid water heater comment 2009

Hybrid water heaters take heat from ambient room temperature and release cool air into room. This cool air works against the water heater or against the HVAC. The product is best suited to warm climates.

Reports of savings come from people who run the water heater in hybrid mode without heat elements. Recovery is slow in hybrid which implies low consumption, so why the expensive 50 gallon tank?

Overall, GE added 150 jobs in USA making the hybrid, they claim their product works based on DOE testing procedure, but where are customer testimonials?

Certainly if hybrid owners experienced a sudden $26 per month savings, somebody would be shouting and the internet filled with before-and-after electric bills. GE is one of the largest corporations in the world, they would never miss an opportunity to report an energy breakthrough all over TV. The fact that confusion exists, shows that GE's product does not perform to promise.

Gene Haynes

July 2010
I am looking for customer testimonials that show before-and-after electric bills. I do water heater research, and so far no articles about hybrids have appeared except promotion blurbs.

If customers suddenly noticed a drop in their electric bill, somebody would be shouting and the country would erupt in cheer.

The facts are: the promise of saving more than a dollar or two a month from hybrid water heaters is unrealistic unless the unit is run in full-hybrid mode > which causes slow recovery and is dependent on warm incoming water > which implies less hot water consumption especially in winter > which implies the consumer would do better with a smaller, cheaper, heavily-insulated water heater, on a timer, that is supported by a staging-or-tempering tank, and wired with off-peak thermostats so only the top portion of tank has warm water.

Show us the money. The product registration has an address known by the company >> and a company with integrity can invite their customers to participate.
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