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Heat pumps can't take the cold? Nordics debunk the myth (techxplore.com)

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[+] [email protected] -13 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Science proves otherwise...in cold enough temps the heat pump is literally useless and you will need a backup source like electric dor gas/bio fuel.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Sitting up here in the Alps, winter approaching, laughing at your two-decades-out-of-date ignorance 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I live in NC where a very cold day is +20F and I have to say I do not feel my heat pump keeps my house very warm. Maybe l just have a very high expectation of what a warm house feels like, but based purely on comfort I would not pick a heat pump. My house is only about 7 years old, so maybe the technology has improved since then?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I will say, it is unseasonably cold the last few days (40's) and my house is comfortably warm. But I cannot imagine going days sub freezing and the heat pump keeping up. But I am a spoiled American.

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