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Installed Kombi boiler but refit hot water tank to utilize hot water through solar? (Heat pump too?)

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  • 01-08-2022 11:22pm
    #1
    Bioscaller
    Registered Users Posts: 91 ✭✭


    Hey guys,

    We got an Kombi Ideal Vogue fitted last year January and it dropped our electricity usage substantially. We went down from around 4132kWh a year to 2897kWh for year 2021 which is great but obviously the gas bill was a bit higher than usual but that was expected.

    Anyway, when the guys fitted the boiler we had a hot water tank with immersion heater in the hotpress which they took out as it was an old rig regardless but piping is pretty much still there.

    I am thinking now to get a hot water tank back as we are planning to get a PV solar system inc. battery installed in September to utilize the energy to warm the water. The size of the PV system considers that addition.

    Is it much of a big cost and deal to get a hot water tank back in place? Any recommendation in regards to hot water tanks?

    Is it possible to have a hybrid system in place of kombi boiler and heat pump in place and how much of a deal is the installation? Would there be additional piping necessary for the heat pump or does the heat pump use the existing radiators and piping?

    Thanks for reading folks.



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