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> Electric heating via heat pump is ridiculously efficient Strictly speaking that's "electrically assisted" heating. What most people refer to as electric heat
by johnr2 7y ago
> Electric heating via heat pump is ridiculously efficient
Strictly speaking that's "electrically assisted" heating. What most people refer to as electric heating is the conversion of electricity directly into heat, eg. by a resistive element.
- Dylan16807 7y agoYou're claiming that when mostly people say "electric heating" they are specifically excluding heat pumps? Do you have something to back that up?
- endorphone 7y agoIt is a bit of gatekeeping that has little relation with reality. When people say that their home is heated by natural gas, they mean that they have a supply of natural gas, and that is the consumable they use / pay for, not the specific chemical process when it is oxidized. Similarly, when people say they heat their home with electricity, whether it's a heat pump or electric radiators is just a secondary possibility. I heat my home with electricity and it's a ground-source heat pump. If someone has some weird hangup or ignorance about that, that's on them. If someone said that they cooled their home in the winter with "electricity assistance" I think everyone would rightly laugh.
- johnr2 7y ago> You're claiming that when mostly people say "electric heating" they are specifically excluding heat pumps? No, just pointing out the usual definition of electric heating. A heat pump doesn't necessarily even use electricity. The mechanical power for the compressor (assuming a refrigerant based heat pump) could come from anywhere.