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Ben Schoenbauer commented on Lester Shen's blog post Combi System Animations"We are optimizing for a max return water temp of 107 F, typically we get about 100 F. But, we are forcing the systems to delivery 115 F or hotter air temperatures to be comparable to a condensing furnace. If we had better designed duct…"
Ben Schoenbauer commented on Lester Shen's blog post Combi System Animations"I think there has been some confusion in the comments. We are looking at replacing existing forced air systems with forced air combi systems. So the installation costs are only from the water heater and air handler. In…"
Ben Schoenbauer commented on Lester Shen's blog post Combi System Animations"I'm not trying to say that forced air combi systems should be installed in every home tomorrow, but I think they are a good option for some homes and a very good idea to continue to develop.
These systems work really well for low load…"
Ben Schoenbauer commented on Lester Shen's blog post Combi System Animations"There have been issues with the reliability of these systems in the past. Manufacturers have been working to improve these models and reliability has improved. There are many manufacturers (Rinnai, AO Smith, American, HTP,…"
Ben Schoenbauer commented on Lester Shen's blog post Combi System Animations"Great to see all the interest in this topic. As Lester mentioned we are currently conducting a field research project (funded by Building America) to characterize the potential of these systems. Forced air combination systems…"
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- At 6:07am on December 16, 2012,
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