I just purchased this water heater, normally $1299, for $799 + tax + $75 shipping.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem.../312742081
Steps to get deal:
1) Go to above link
2) Change store to zip code 15010(Edit: use Zip 97322 for $699 instead of $799)
3) Select Ship to Home (unless you happen to live close to this store), add to cart.
4) Check out.
Additional notes:
1) Federal tax credit of $300. State tax credits vary, in my home state we get an additional $400 (bringing this heater down to $99 + $75 shipping + tax).
2) For many/most, the $75 shipping is worth it even if you can get this price locally as these heaters are quite heavy and supposedly must be transported vertically.
3) Do your homework on these hybrid heaters before purchasing. You need 220V to operate. Installation expense is generally much higher with hybrid electric vs standard electric resistance heaters and gas heaters. Hot water recovery is very slow (but you can switch to standard electric mode for rapid recovery when you know your usage will be high, e.g. having company over). They can apparently be loud, so if this will be located close to a bedroom, important to think about. There are important climate and installation location factors to consider--just google.
4) The newest generation of this series from Rheem, called "Proterra" can be had for $1269, a slight discount compared to full price (15% for my location). After carefully examining specs, photos, etc - it seems that the only difference with the Proterra series is built-in leak detection with auto-shutoff. FYI if that feature is important to you, you can add it for $219:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem...513?NCNI-5
5) This is for 50 gallon. Looks like if you need 65 gal or 80 gal, the Proterra is actually on sale (whereas the Performance Platinum is full price), making the Proterra cheaper.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem.../312742081
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It does blow cold air outgoing, but with a woodstove running 24/7, it actually help moderate the temp. We ducted the cold air outflow to the woodstove air exchange where it runs through the double jacketed stove intake instead of the stove blower and it works like a charm. the cold air goes in, and then it's ducted again at the warm air outflow back to the water heater, so when it kicks on, it's drawing superheated air, but with a normal heated home it will do the same, just take a bit longer to heat the water.
You can use the app to set times for it to turn on. I saw an immediate drop in electricity use, and I can't wait to see a full month of electricity savings. With any luck it will beat my old electric water heater all to hell on savings since that one was on it's last legs at almost 20 years old. The bonus is that it will help cool the house in the summer months.
The price drop due to tax credits put the cost in line with a replacement electric water heater. We keep it on the energy saver setting 24/7, which is the lowest cost setting according to the app.
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With Express Delivery ($84.99), taxes included ($50.12), the final bill came up to $845.09 (I also purchased a pan for it) . Delivery scheduled for Friday! :-)
Thank you!
Not excited about potential noise, however excited altogether for everything else including price.
Thank you!
I purchased the SP21111 kit on Nov 26th for $127.42 from H-Mac Systems [h-mac.com], which was about $100 less than Home Depot. It shipped on Dec 8th with UPS two day air; an upgrade over the included ground shipping.
I hadn't opened up the water heater until today and what I found was a little different than what I expected based on the YouTube video [youtube.com] I had previously posted. There was no tube to insert the sensor into the body of the water heater. Instead you use the included clips to secure the leak sensor rope to the inside of the leak pan. This YouTube video [youtu.be] more accurately depicts how this is. Decided to have leak sensor harness outside of the cavity in order to be able to have more of the sensor be usable.
See some photos here [imgur.com] of all of this. I plan on installing the water heater in the next couple of weeks and I'll report back then.
I hadn't opened up the water heater until today and what I found was a little different than what I expected based on the YouTube video [youtube.com] I had previously posted. There was no tube to insert the sensor into the body of the water heater. Instead you use the included clips to secure the leak sensor rope to the inside of the leak pan. This YouTube video [youtu.be] more accurately depicts how this is. Decided to have leak sensor harness outside of the cavity in order to be able to have more of the sensor be usable.
See some photos here [imgur.com] of all of this. I plan on installing the water heater in the next couple of weeks and I'll report back then.
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