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You have to go quite far north for -20F to become frequent.
by Loudergood 2y ago
You have to go quite far north for -20F to become frequent.
- bluGill 2y agoIf it EVER gets to -20 that is what matters. You need to prepare for the worst case weather, not the common ones.
- Panzer04 2y agoFortunately resistive heating is just about the cheapest possible heating in capital costs and trivial to retrofit as a backup.
- yencabulator 2y agoAnd a good 24,000 BTU rated heat pump will produce just under 20,000 BTU at -13 F, about 18,000 BTU at -22 F (-30 C).
- ta1243 2y agoIt will still work, just not as efficently as in normal temperatures. So you're using 50kWh for the 3 days a year it's that cold and 10kWh for the other 362 - better than using 20kW every day.
- bluGill 2y agoOnly if there is enough power generation