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I've never felt more stupid in my life, but i only just realized that the "AC unit" in my condo can also heat in the winter
I also have electric baseboard heaters. Which is more efficient? The heat pump? Or the baseboard heaters? I'm going to try using the heat pump this winter
Baseboard heating is 100% efficient but heat pumps can be up to 400% efficient. Depending on model and outside temperature. This is because hear pump is not generating heat its just moving it from one place to another. In AC mode from inside to outside of house and in heating mode from outside to inside.
I'm no engineer but I'm certain there is no such thing as 100% efficiency, let alone 400% lol
Mechanical engineer here!
What the OP is referring to as "Efficiency" is what's known in the industry as COP (coefficient of performance).
A system's COP is equal to the amount of useful heat energy supplied or removed by the system divided by the amount of energy used to do that work.
If your heat pump uses 10 Joules of electrical energy to move 40 Joules of heat energy from the outside into your house, that heat pump is operating at a COP of 4 (or 400%).
Only heat pumps can have a COP of >1, due to conservation of energy. A traditional gas or electric heater uses combustion or electrical resistance to lossily convert electrical or chemical energy into heat energy.
So he's not talking about efficiency.
Please explain to the down voting morons why 100% efficiency is impossible.
If everyone in the world had an engineering degree the distinction might have been important, but complaining about it in this context is just pedantic.
I really don't agree with that. "Baseboard heaters are 100% efficient" is an objectively false statement. And efficiency is a very common and basic concept that doesn't require a degree to understand.
I think instead of just dismissing it as pedantic, people could learn something.
Maybe try looking it up.
@nebula @Rodeo
Hereโs how to compare baseboards to heat pumps.
Baseboards create heat through resistive loads. As all the energy creates heat, you can say they are 100% efficient, but that is misleading if you take that to be good.
Heat pumps simply move heat, in either direction, to heat, or cool, and they do this using 1/3rd the energy.
Todayโs heat pumps work at much lower air temperatures, can also use ground loops, or exchange heat from water bodies. #HeatPumps