[masraum]

Our water heater is electric, and I'm pretty sure 240V (I'm not home right now). For us having the water heater suck heat out of the room would be great. We have a small addition on the back of the kitchen. It's got no door, but the lack of AC vent means that it's warm in the summer and cool in the winter. Since we have far more warm/hot weather than cool, I think having the hybrid heater (heat pump with electric backup) would be great.

But that's when we were planning to be there for years. Now I don't know that we're planning to be there that long, so I don't know that we'll spend the extra money for the better water heater.