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Why does these articles always leave out how electricity the pump needs and how that varys with temperature? It's not magic or free.
by rswskg 3y ago
Why does these articles always leave out how electricity the pump needs and how that varys with temperature? It's not magic or free.
- timbit42 3y agoAs someone who lives where natural gas isn't available, virtually everyone here had either EBBs or an oil furnace. A heat pump uses as little as 1/4 the electricity but uses more as you get into lower temps. A heat pump remains more efficient than EBBs down to around -25C. Heating oil is more expensive than EBBs, so very expensive compared to the electricity needed for a heat pump, and switching is a 'no brainer'. So far, 35% of households in my province have installed heat pumps, most keeping their EBBs or oil furnace as a backup. Every home that switches from EBBS is cutting their heating electricity usage by 50% (annually), freeing up electricity for the homes switching from oil furnaces to use for their heat pumps so our grid isn't being overloaded.