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I have a similar experience with a heat pump saving a lot less money than I expected. Poor insulation does not explain it, a heat pump should still be heating
by cavisne 1y ago
I have a similar experience with a heat pump saving a lot less money than I expected.
Poor insulation does not explain it, a heat pump should still be heating that poorly insulated space at much higher efficiency that space heaters.
The physics makes sense but I wonder how strictly these units are tested. The control loops for things like deicing the outdoor coils are complex.
- cdtwigg 1y agoI don’t think the previous system was using space heaters though, the PTAC they had before presumably had a heat pump in it if it was generating condensation.
- cavisne 1y agoI think their complaint was it was falling back to resistive heating for most of winter (so basically a space heater)