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Yes - for a non-heat pump it's 2-3kw, all-in. The car is not using more than ~10kw, all-in. Today, it's closer to 1.5kw, all-in, accounting for heat pumps, etc
by DannyBee 2y ago
Yes - for a non-heat pump it's 2-3kw, all-in.
The car is not using more than ~10kw, all-in.
Today, it's closer to 1.5kw, all-in, accounting for heat pumps, etc.
Cooling is less intensive.
Keep in mind:
Homes are also often well-insulated, at least, much more so than a car. Most car insulation is designed for noise/etc, not for temperature control. The glass is usually R-1 or worse.
So if you want realism:
My wife's office, no more than 150 sqft, built in 1923, and with no real insulation in the walls (and no space for it), and a bunch of older windows, can't be kept at 68F by a 1500 watt space heater running 100% of the time on a cold day (IE 30deg F).
This is in GA, so not exactly a super-cold climate, eiher.
Meanwhile, my workshop, same property, built a few years ago, 2000 sqft, and amazingly well insulated, can easily be heated/cooled to 72F by a 1.5kw minisplit running basically never.