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Resistive heating means using 1kw of electricity to get 1kw of heat. Heat pumps use 1kw of electricity to get >1kw heat.
by BenjiWiebe 5y ago
Resistive heating means using 1kw of electricity to get 1kw of heat.
Heat pumps use 1kw of electricity to get >1kw heat.
- OJFord 5y agoNot necessarily, it's just uncorrelated since it's not what's doing the actual heating. Similarly a gas boiler uses 1kW electricity (for the pump) to get potentially >1kW heat out of radiators (and pipes). Because that heat is energy conserved from the gas, not the electricity. Anyway I didn't mention heat pumps or compare them to resistive heating so I'm not sure what I'm defending.