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Yes. Although I have noticed that some people here in Australia go from the belief that "air conditioners use a lot of electricity" so therefore have the miscon
by stephen_g 3y ago
Yes. Although I have noticed that some people here in Australia go from the belief that "air conditioners use a lot of electricity" so therefore have the misconception a (resistive) electric heater must be cheaper to use than the reverse cycle AC (heat pump). So there is a bit of an education gap even here where they are quite ubiquitous!
I also do want to get a heat pump dryer (it's next on the list after my recently installed heat pumper hot water system), but I don't have quite enough space in the laundry and apart from two or three wet weeks a year I'd mostly only use it to fluff up towels (which is why I don't have a dryer at all at the moment)...
- bobmaxup 3y ago> have the misconception a (resistive) electric heater must be cheaper to use than the reverse cycle AC You'd think costs would educate. Do people not talk about living expenses much?
- simonblack 3y agoElectrical bills come every three months. ALL electricity use is lumped together. So it's a bit hard to disect out what each usage-type is costing, unless you use one of those meters and study up average use over a period. Even then, some things like water heating and even aircons, are directly wired into the mains switchboard, so you would need an electrician to separate out those circuits for measuring. So it just doesn't happen.