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We have a set of those hyper heat mini splits to supplement a hydronic system which wasn’t expanded to several additions. They’re generally great but during the
by semiquaver 3y ago
We have a set of those hyper heat mini splits to supplement a hydronic system which wasn’t expanded to several additions. They’re generally great but during the Midwest’s recent extremely cold snap down to a week or two of negative temperatures they were pretty disappointing and could not keep up. We ended up having to close off a few parts of the house to keep the temperature reasonable in the rest. I think that trusting heat to a heat pump system is not yet feasible in much of the Midwest and northeast.
- mikeyouse 3y agoYeah, we're remodeling right now - our design specs say heat pumps should be able to cover 100% of our load but we also have a few rarely used gas fireplaces and some space heaters in case that doesn't work out. Though like someone else mentioned, the bigger change will be reacting to power outages. A small camping generator can provide enough energy for to keep a gas furnace blower running whereas you need a very large generator to operate the heat pump.