How It Works
Heat Pumps work by taking the ambient air temperature and transfering it to water. This consept is difficult to grasp and one of the best comparisons is a refrigerator. A fridge takes the heat out of the food stored inside it and trasfers that heat to the air through the coil at the back of the unit. A heat pump works like this but in reverse.
Inside the heat pump unit is an evironmentally friendly refridgerant liquid. The liquid absorbs the ambient air temperature as it is fan forced passed it and is then compressed. The compressed liquid becomes a gas and is pumped through small pipes coiled around the water storage tank. The heat from the gas is transfered to the water stored in the tank and becomes a liguid again. The process is repeted until the water reaches 60 deg C.
The Heat Pump is very effiecient because there is no Electric element and the only electricity being used is for the fan, pump, digital display and compressor.
A Heat pump uses 1kw of electricity to create 3.6kw of Hot water.
Heat Pumps work in Temperatures as low as -10deg C and up to 40 Deg C.
There are no panels required and Heat pumps can work day or night!