Looking to get some anecdotal experiences from someone living in a cold climate using a heat pump as their main source of heat.

  • spacecowboy@sh.itjust.worksOP
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    10 months ago

    I’m north of the 49th parallel so my winters get a fair bit colder than yours.

    When you did use it in the winter did it ever struggle?

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      10 months ago

      Isn’t it really how well your home is insulated and whether the heat pump can keep up with the escaping heat?

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        10 months ago

        no, heat pumps are rated for and work most efficiently at a specific temperature range. You’re pumping energy from outside in, so the outside temperature matters a lot.

        you can have all the insulation in the world and it won’t matter if the heat pump can’t transfer that energy.

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      10 months ago

      For heating specifically, heat pumps do le’t really work well (just yet). I’m well south of you and it’s cheaper to use gas than a heat pump. Maybe you could pair it with a geothermal sink to increase efficiency?