L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comexternal-linkmessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1453arrow-down110file-textcross-posted to: futurology@chat.maiion.com
arrow-up1443arrow-down1external-linkHeat pumps sold so fast in Maine, the state just upped its targetwww.canarymedia.comL4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square98fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: futurology@chat.maiion.com
minus-squareHoneybadger77@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down3·11 months agoThat’s not necessarily true now the newer systems can go to as low as -15F which in the north only happens for a few hours a year so still a reduction in heating gas/oils needed
minus-squareBuelldozer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down6·edit-211 months ago …which in the north only happens for a few hours a year… I know the guy in the TC video used Chicago as an example but the “few hours a year” thing simply isn’t true for many of us. Where I live we had many days below -15f including a week where itpretty much stayed between -20 and -30 for nearly a week straight. A Heat Pump will still work, even here, but you need to be careful about which one you purchase and how it handles cold weather.
minus-squareMellibird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoOr remember when it “felt like” - 50° F for two days straight that one February?
minus-squareFubber Nuckin'@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI had to start my car up twice every night to keep the battery from dying.
That’s not necessarily true now the newer systems can go to as low as -15F which in the north only happens for a few hours a year so still a reduction in heating gas/oils needed
I know the guy in the TC video used Chicago as an example but the “few hours a year” thing simply isn’t true for many of us.
Where I live we had many days below -15f including a week where itpretty much stayed between -20 and -30 for nearly a week straight.
A Heat Pump will still work, even here, but you need to be careful about which one you purchase and how it handles cold weather.
Or remember when it “felt like” - 50° F for two days straight that one February?
I had to start my car up twice every night to keep the battery from dying.