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Explain Like I'm Five

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or a refrigerator. Or freezer. Or any heat pump.

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

The new water heater ones baffle me, you're heating the water and cooling the garage?

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

Yep. This turns out to still be more efficient than a resistive heater (i.e. an electric heating coil).