Ben H Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Ever seen one of these? Install date was 1987. Looks like an old heat pump Water heater. Didn't know they went back that far. Prototype model perhaps? Click to Enlarge 74.18 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Tarter Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Wow that's a sweet find, is it an early heat pump model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Looks to be. I was hoping one of you find gents could say you've seen one before. The story I got was the owner used to be some suit for a plumbing supply house. Might me some classified stuff from back in the day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlparham Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Looks to be. I was hoping one of you find gents could say you've seen one before. The story I got was the owner used to be some suit for a plumbing supply house. Might me some classified stuff from back in the day! It's just an old engineer having fun playing with his house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 In my area, extracting heat from conditioned space to heat domestic water is dumb 8 months a year. Super cool vintage HW set-up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted March 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Looks to be. I was hoping one of you find gents could say you've seen one before. The story I got was the owner used to be some suit for a plumbing supply house. Might me some classified stuff from back in the day! It's just an old engineer having fun playing with his house. The model number is SSV 82 HP4. Says on the data label it's a Heat Pump Water Heater. Click to Enlarge 30.55 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Raymond Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Why are all the valves closed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben H Posted March 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Dunno. I didn't touch it. The house had hot water though. Bypass for the HP feature perhaps. I was at the end of a 6 hour inspection that was not going well by the time I got to it. Seeing a nearly 30 yr old water heater was enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Thirty is just getting broken in! This one is at least 65yrs old. Click to Enlarge 48.49 KB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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