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> Here in the mid-Atlantic, my air-air heat pump struggles once things get well below freezing. Which it does a few days a year. How far north are you (IECC cl
by throw0101a 3y ago
> Here in the mid-Atlantic, my air-air heat pump struggles once things get well below freezing. Which it does a few days a year.
How far north are you (IECC climate zone)? What is the make and model of your unit? Is it a cold climate air-source heap pump (ccASHP)?
* https://ashp.neep.org/#!/ https://ashp.neep.org/#!/
* https://neep.org/heating-electrification/ccashp-specification-product-list https://neep.org/heating-electrification/ccashp-specificatio...
Because there are folks in Climate Zone 7 in the northern tip of Maine (Caribou) that use heat pumpss
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcwIz6heDss&t=43m21s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcwIz6heDss&t=43m21s
Mitsubishis can work down to -13F/-25C and still have a COP of 2.08 (1=resistive heating):
* https://www.mitsubishicomfort.com/articles/keep-warm-this-winter-inverter-technology-for-any-climate https://www.mitsubishicomfort.com/articles/keep-warm-this-wi...
* https://mylinkdrive.com/viewPdf?srcUrl=http://enter.mehvac.com.s3.amazonaws.com/DAMRoot/Original/10006%5CM_SUBMITTAL_MSZ-FS12NA_MUZ-FS12NA_en.pdf https://mylinkdrive.com/viewPdf?srcUrl=http://enter.mehvac.c...
- DiabloD3 3y agoI live in Maine, but not as far north as Caribou. The units we use up here will work flawlessly down to about 10f, and keep working until approximately -20f. Thanks to climate change, I haven't seen -20f at night in several years, but the last time it happened, the heat pump struggled to keep my house warm but still managed to do it. "Most" of Canada only gets about this cold, where "most" is the majority of the population that lives near the border.