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Where Heat Pumps Win — And Where They Lose | Five findings from an extremely thorough study by the US National Renewable Energy Lab. (heatmap.news)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Great for those on the south. Not as great for those of us that have to heat our homes, meaning a furnace or another heat pump needs to make up that heat.

Not that they are bad, mind you, they are quite good, just another part of the economic equation. Makes it more of a home run where you are cooling most of the year anyway.

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

My water heater is in an unheated basement closet, so technically most of the energy it's getting is geothermal since the walls are always at 50 degrees. It would probably be even more efficient if

Also, since the water heater is inside the house and is constantly leaking heat, it's not really cooling the house very much at all because the heat is still inside, just in an insulated bottle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Mine is in my finished, heated basement (which is largely above street grade, so not too much geothermal). And while some heat does go back into the room, much of it goes down the drain when you use hot water.