Heat pump tariff & restricted hours - please share your opinions

  • Erstellt am 2025-03-28 07:19:53

HilfeHilfe

2025-03-28 12:13:57
  • #1


And does that not affect the pump technically?
 

nordanney

2025-03-28 12:27:09
  • #2

It is possibly an additional start for the compressor. It doesn't make much difference.

Otherwise, nothing technical happens. A potentially longer heating cycle is interrupted and split into two cycles. In winter, if/when the heat pump runs continuously, there are 100 additional starts in a year (number is arbitrary). A heat pump is designed for 100,000 starts. So, overall, it's not a big deal.
 

motorradsilke

2025-03-28 15:24:56
  • #3

And here it is exactly the other way around. Regular electricity is 31 cents, heating electricity 21 cents. The second meter is worth it.
You don't notice disconnections. I couldn't even tell you if and when power is cut off here.
And it probably doesn't affect the heat pump; it switches on and off several times a day anyway. In the best case, it simply isn't running during the disconnection time.
 

nordanney

2025-03-28 16:06:24
  • #4
Really? It's worth it? That's about €200 savings in electricity costs (new buildings) (for me it would have been €150 last year). Does the heat pump electricity cost so little in your basic price that it's worth it (I just checked for myself, it's from €240 basic price - so absolutely not worthwhile). Those who consume a lot, like in old buildings or particularly large houses, might save. But basically I stick to the view that it only really pays off in very rare cases. Fascinating how different it is in Germany.
 

Jesse Custer

2025-03-28 16:18:48
  • #5


However, this mainly has to do with the fact that one or the other electricity specialist at the time "hardwired" the units, meaning: the entire system was killed with the shutdown signal.

Electronics don’t like that.

Nowadays, the system receives the signal and runs down gently, so nothing else can happen.

Otherwise, I agree with : it has to be quite a big hassle for it to be worth it...
 

motorradsilke

2025-03-28 16:20:21
  • #6


Just checked, base price €62.
If you pay €240 base price, no wonder you have such a low kWh price.
 

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