@khird I dont think that this would be particularly diifficult to create but the real issue is whether or not it is actually economial. The upfront cost of rigging a house to do this would cost who knows how much plus the additional maintenance for all the stuff that could go wrong with so many moving parts (so to speak). That cost would need to be less than the cost of purely the eneegy you would have otherwise lost from those appliances and even when not hoooked in tandem they do a good job of complementing each other. I have a heat pump on my water heater in the basement, it already does double duty in the warm months by cooling and de-humidifying the basement, sure in the winter it cools down an already cold room, but since its a basement, the ambient ground temperature keeps it warm enough that I dont need to waste much energy at all to compensate for the heat loss. The very small amount of energy I would save from hooking them all up together would probably take a century to pay for itself.
@khird I suppose you are right, assuming you could acquire compatible appliances for a decent price and worked the system into a new building project you would end up saving power at least, and maybe some money too in the end.
@Clementulus @khird have never heard of adding a heat pump to a water heater! our water heater is rented from the natural gas company so i expect we arent allowed to mod it, but now i'm curious how this would work!
@Clementulus good insight, thanks! To my mind, it's actually *fewer* moving parts to worry about, on account of the fridge not needing a compressor/refrigeration circuit, plus you'd get the benefits of having the heat pump on your water heater without adding another set of moving parts. That cuts most of the complexity out of the fridge, which I'd think would partly offset the costs of installation.