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When I needed a new air conditioner I looked into heat pumps. 3x the price.
by nsxwolf 1y ago
When I needed a new air conditioner I looked into heat pumps. 3x the price.
- wffurr 1y agoThat's crazy. It's a reversing valve. But you might also be comparing multi-stage variable load DC heat pumps with single stage air conditioners and not an actually equivalent air conditioner.
- jjtheblunt 1y agoor local sellers are incentivized profitably to push old technology air conditioners?
- prlambert 1y agoThat seems really weird, the only real difference is a reversing valve that costs a couple bucks. A heat pump is an AC, it just can be run backwards to produce heating as well. In cooling it's literally the same thing.
- bluGill 1y agoI know, but I don't make the price lists.
- thinkcontext 1y agoI'm no expert but the difference in the real world is more than that (though am doubtful about 3x the price) . The delta-T between heating and cooling is significantly greater in most places so you need a bigger system. You also need things like the ability to de-ice.
- supportengineer 1y agoThat's the upfront price. What about the total cost of ownership (TCO)?
- nsxwolf 1y agoTCO vs size of check wife is comfortable writing.
- kragen 1y agoFor me it was more like 1.1× the price.