Doesn’t mean they don’t work in cold weather, which is what I was addressing.
“Doesn’t mean they don’t work in cold weather, which is what I was addressing.”
They do work, down to a point, so they’re better than nothing, and their efficiency is someone higher than a resistance heater down there, so that’s good. But what of the cost, as they DEFINITELY more complex? Once can buy a lot of electricity for the cost of these units.
I don’t have a big problem with heat pumps, though. But if we start replacing fossil fuel heating system with them (soon to be mandated in NY State), we better have a hell of a lot more power generation or we’ll have some SERIOUS Texas-style freeze-outs, and like Texas, at the WORST TIMES.