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"Last year, for the third year straight, heat pumps outsold furnaces in the U.S." Now that's a major development not mentioned much. Heat pumps have both impr
by Animats 1y ago
"Last year, for the third year straight, heat pumps outsold furnaces in the U.S."
Now that's a major development not mentioned much.
Heat pumps have both improved quite a bit, and become cheaper due to sheer volume.
- matwood 1y agoI recently bought a heat pump dryer and it's pretty cool. No exhaust vent, just water drain. It also doesn't need the heavy duty power plug since it pulls so much less electricity than a typical heated air dryer.
- pjc50 1y agoAh of course - it can recycle the heat. Hot air going out a vent is wasted energy that you've paid for.
- markus_zhang 1y agoI don’t know this thing exists. I need to take a look and maybe buy one when the current one breaks down. What brand did you purchase? Thanks.
- matwood 1y agoI have an LG. They look to cost a premium in the US above heated air one. They also seem to be gentler on clothes since they pump in warm dry air vs. super heated air.
- zitsarethecure 1y agoOut of curiosity, is it a "smart" appliance that requires an app to function?
- neon_electro 1y agoI have an LG heat pump dryer as well, it doesn't require the app to function as far as I understand.
- cryzinger 1y agoI have an LG washer/dryer (not the cool new heat pump dryer, though) and both have "smart" features that are optional and non-intrusive. You don't have to hook up either appliance to the LG app, but if you do you can get push notifications when a cycle is complete or use it to run diagnostics as needed. Honestly one of the few times where I think smart connectivity is a net benefit and not a reason to steer clear.
- matwood 1y agoI think there’s an app to do app things but I’ve never used it.
- jpk2f2 1y agoI used to have a Bloomberg heat pump dryer when I lived in a historical apartment. I was fairly happy with it, only real downsides was that it did take longer to dry compared to my prior electric and gas dryers, it tended to pickup a musty smell, and it was relatively complex and difficult to repair compared to a simpler dryer (had some minor failures over the years). Upside was the efficiency and not needing an exterior exhaust. Been a number of years since then, so I'm sure they've improved even more and are hopefully somewhat cheaper.
- fhdkweig 1y agoTechnology Connections did a video on heat pump dryers. https://youtu.be/zheQKmAT_a0?t=930 https://youtu.be/zheQKmAT_a0?t=930