Looking to get some anecdotal experiences from someone living in a cold climate using a heat pump as their main source of heat.
Looking to get some anecdotal experiences from someone living in a cold climate using a heat pump as their main source of heat.
I have a heat pump heating and cooling my basement in Atlantic Canada.
Temperatures in the winter hold steady around -20C with some dips a few times in the -40c range when accounting for windchill.
Works just fine. I keep my basement a nice 21C. Heating works well. I see lots of disinfo posted online about heat pumps not working in the cold and it’s all horseshit. Make sure you’re buying a heat pump that’s built for colder temperatures and you’re golden.
Windchill isn’t relevant when it comes to how heat pumps work. It only effects how humans perceive the cold. Technically, I think wind would actually boost heating performance during winter, but I don’t know by how much.
Does you place require much cooling in the summer? I bet your system is probably sized for the winter more than the summer