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Heat pumps don’t work all that well in Canadian climates. They sort of work now. Advocates usually don’t mention that the solution for the millions of houses w
by Spooky23 4y ago
Heat pumps don’t work all that well in Canadian climates. They sort of work now.
Advocates usually don’t mention that the solution for the millions of houses with hydronic systems are usually mini-splits, which are both ugly and noisy.
Lots of people who don’t have heat pumps are rabid advocates of them. In some cases trying to ban gas heat.
- throw0101c 4y ago> Heat pumps don’t work all that well in Canadian climates. They seem to work okay in many parts of Alaska (down to about -20C): * https://www.nrel.gov/news/features/2021/even-in-frigid-temperatures-air-source-heat-pumps-keep-homes-warm-from-alaska-coast-to-us-mass-market.html https://www.nrel.gov/news/features/2021/even-in-frigid-tempe...
- woodrow 4y agoParts of Alaska (eg Fairbanks, Juneau) are not as cold as the Canadian prairies, where it frequently gets well below -20C in the depths of winter. In Winnipeg the average low in January is -21C. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_and_climate_of_Winnipeg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_and_climate_of_Winni...