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Air to Water Heat pump dripping

[Deleted User] · 2022-10-31 11:55:15

Our outside air to water heat system unit is dripping water underneath it. The builder says it is normal as it works like a refrigerator. But colleagues who have these units say they do not have such dripping. I wanted to get others experiences before I approach the builder again. As you can see by the displacement of…

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Our outside air to water heat system unit is dripping water underneath it. The builder says it is normal as it works like a refrigerator.
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But colleagues who have these units say they do not have such dripping.
I wanted to get others experiences before I approach the builder again. As you can see by the displacement of gravel it is constant drop, perhaps two drops every 5 seconds when I was there.

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#2 31-10-2022 7:46pm

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A heat pump is basically an AC unit running in reverse. An AC unit will have a condensation pipe going through the wall allowing it to drip outside. You would definitely expect condensation on the outside heat pump during the winter. How much condensation I don't know.

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