Dear all,
I am currently facing a delivery issue with my heat pump (Vaillant Arotherm Plus VWL 75/6), which is not available from any dealer and according to the manufacturer will likely only be delivered in calendar week 6 of 2022. With winter approaching and my heating technician now using his instantaneous water heater at another customer’s place, the situation is becoming quite problematic. He is offering me a 5 kW (kilowatt) fan heater as a temporary solution, but I’m concerned that this will lead to very high energy costs.
For this reason, I have come up with the idea of getting a readily available monoblock heat pump to use just as a temporary measure until my Vaillant arrives. There seems to be a Panasonic model (probably from the series of the well-known and widely recommended “Geisha”) which appears to be suitable and is available at a reasonable price (around 3500 EUR). I would then resell it afterwards.
However, since the market for used heat pumps is rather small, I wonder whether this will really be cheaper than heating electrically with direct heating for three months. I have roughly calculated that in the worst case, I would have to expect heating costs of 2500-3000 EUR with electric direct heating (depending on extent and weather conditions).
Does anyone here have experience with this?
@Benutzer200, if I remember correctly, you once installed a Panasonic unit? Did you happen to sell it later on?
Well, I hope someone has faced a similar problem and can share their experience.
Kind regards
Tolentino
I am currently facing a delivery issue with my heat pump (Vaillant Arotherm Plus VWL 75/6), which is not available from any dealer and according to the manufacturer will likely only be delivered in calendar week 6 of 2022. With winter approaching and my heating technician now using his instantaneous water heater at another customer’s place, the situation is becoming quite problematic. He is offering me a 5 kW (kilowatt) fan heater as a temporary solution, but I’m concerned that this will lead to very high energy costs.
For this reason, I have come up with the idea of getting a readily available monoblock heat pump to use just as a temporary measure until my Vaillant arrives. There seems to be a Panasonic model (probably from the series of the well-known and widely recommended “Geisha”) which appears to be suitable and is available at a reasonable price (around 3500 EUR). I would then resell it afterwards.
However, since the market for used heat pumps is rather small, I wonder whether this will really be cheaper than heating electrically with direct heating for three months. I have roughly calculated that in the worst case, I would have to expect heating costs of 2500-3000 EUR with electric direct heating (depending on extent and weather conditions).
Does anyone here have experience with this?
@Benutzer200, if I remember correctly, you once installed a Panasonic unit? Did you happen to sell it later on?
Well, I hope someone has faced a similar problem and can share their experience.
Kind regards
Tolentino
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Hausbau 5522 Feb 2022 17:30Tolentino schrieb:
So, just got a call from the heating engineer – the heat pump will be delivered tomorrow! Celebrate to the fullest!
Electricians are also working right now.That’s great news! For me, installation and commissioning took 2 working days. So you should be able to use your unit by Friday at the latest.H
Hausbau 5522 Feb 2022 17:32Mahri23 schrieb:
Today, the Vaillant customer service also came by to complete the final repair work. Now we just hope that the air source heat pump will operate smoothly without any "incidents"... 🙂 What kind of issues did you have? How old is your heat pump?
The automatic air vent was defective. It apparently leaked inside the tower for several weeks. Water leaked there and unfortunately ran down inside the device. When it suddenly started leaking from the bottom, we were surprised. It was replaced promptly by Vaillant. Since the system is still fairly new (just over 1 year old), I insisted that the circulation pump, which had also been affected along with its insulation, be replaced as well. However, this process extended until yesterday. Vaillant had initially considered the issue resolved after replacing the air vent. Since I insisted on the pump replacement, which was also noted in the report, they had to return once more to complete the work.
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Hausbau 5525 Feb 2022 20:02Tolentino schrieb:
So, just got a call from the heating technician – the heat pump will be delivered tomorrow! Celebrate to the extreme!
The electricians are working right now as well.What does your silence mean? Is the heat pump missing? Or just the electrician?
Hmm, strange, I discovered today that the heat pump is already running. No idea what I (didn't) see yesterday.
I first lowered the desired temperature to 18°C (64°F) since we mainly just work there. However, the temperature simply wouldn’t drop below 20.5°C (69°F). Let’s see how it is tomorrow... The outside temperature is currently just under 2°C (36°F) and is expected to drop to -1°C (30°F) tonight.
I first lowered the desired temperature to 18°C (64°F) since we mainly just work there. However, the temperature simply wouldn’t drop below 20.5°C (69°F). Let’s see how it is tomorrow... The outside temperature is currently just under 2°C (36°F) and is expected to drop to -1°C (30°F) tonight.
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