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This paints heat pumps in a very rosey shade. The reason for heat pumps poor adoption is their poor performance and general inability to maintain comfortable Te

This paints heat pumps in a very rosey shade. The reason for heat pumps poor adoption is their poor performance and general inability to maintain comfortable Temps in colder climates and anywhere that weather and Temps change frequently. They also have a tendency to be unreliable. In an era where most home appliances have become less reliable, not more it is difficult to believe heat pumps would be the exception.

montjoy 4y ago
As the owner of a 20 year old heat pump in Minnesota I disagree. It does great for the temp range it’s programmed to run in.
- superkuh 4y ago
  As a renter of a home with a ground loop buried heat pump in Wisconsin I was very disappointed in winter. It was cold inside and there was no way to keep it warm. I wouldn't rent another house with a heat pump.
  - hn_go_brrrrr 4y ago
    Your unit was undersized for the load. It's no different than having a too-small furnace.
    - superkuh 4y ago
      Just my point. Many builders over-estimate the efficiency of a heat pump when deploying the systems in places where it's -15F for months at a time and the frost line is 60 inches down. The label rating isn't going to be achieved. That can be fixed in time with better heat pumps made for actually cold places but right now there are still early adopter problems that don't apply to traditional furnances/heating.
  - montjoy 4y ago
    Aha. Yes I just have the above ground type. The only person I’ve met with an in-ground type wasn’t satisfied with his either but I figured that was because he was retrofitting it into an older home.
acdha 4y ago
> their poor performance and general inability to maintain comfortable Temps in colder climates and anywhere that weather and Temps change frequently. This doesn’t make any sense: heat pumps adjust seamlessly for changing conditions and the low temperature ranges keep pushing more and more of the country into the range where you can go all winter without auxiliary heat. A few days of electric heat per year are nothing compared to the savings the rest of the time.
zacharycohn 4y ago
Mine works well down to -17F.
zip1234 4y ago
Do you like air conditioning? If so, you like heat pumps. An air conditioner is a heat pump that pumps heat from inside to outside.
numpad0 4y ago
They are globally ubiquitous wherever summer heat reaches ~30C/95F, and also in vehicles... just not so much in northern parts of North America and Europe.
TheGigaChad 4y ago
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montjoy 4y ago

As the owner of a 20 year old heat pump in Minnesota I disagree. It does great for the temp range it’s programmed to run in.

superkuh 4y ago
As a renter of a home with a ground loop buried heat pump in Wisconsin I was very disappointed in winter. It was cold inside and there was no way to keep it warm. I wouldn't rent another house with a heat pump.
- hn_go_brrrrr 4y ago
  Your unit was undersized for the load. It's no different than having a too-small furnace.
  - superkuh 4y ago
    Just my point. Many builders over-estimate the efficiency of a heat pump when deploying the systems in places where it's -15F for months at a time and the frost line is 60 inches down. The label rating isn't going to be achieved. That can be fixed in time with better heat pumps made for actually cold places but right now there are still early adopter problems that don't apply to traditional furnances/heating.
- montjoy 4y ago
  Aha. Yes I just have the above ground type. The only person I’ve met with an in-ground type wasn’t satisfied with his either but I figured that was because he was retrofitting it into an older home.

acdha 4y ago

> their poor performance and general inability to maintain comfortable Temps in colder climates and anywhere that weather and Temps change frequently. This doesn’t make any sense: heat pumps adjust seamlessly for changing conditions and the low temperature ranges keep pushing more and more of the country into the range where you can go all winter without auxiliary heat. A few days of electric heat per year are nothing compared to the savings the rest of the time.

zacharycohn 4y ago

Mine works well down to -17F.

zip1234 4y ago

Do you like air conditioning? If so, you like heat pumps. An air conditioner is a heat pump that pumps heat from inside to outside.

numpad0 4y ago

They are globally ubiquitous wherever summer heat reaches ~30C/95F, and also in vehicles... just not so much in northern parts of North America and Europe.

TheGigaChad 4y ago

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